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Hhohho, Hhohho Region

Forbes Reef gold workings

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Collapsed adits and stamp-mill ruins of the 1880s Swazi gold rush in plantation country

Documented historic goldfield in Eswatini records.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open shafts hidden in timber

Keep exploring nearby

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