Namibia, Oshikoto Region
Tsumeb copper mine town
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Sea potteryAlso reported: mine refuse, enamelware.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), NPS (Public domain).
Why this spot
Victorian bottle era, historically mapped
Copper mining town built with the 1905 Otavi railway over one of the world's richest ore bodies, with German and interwar mine and town dumps.
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