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Namibia, Oshikoto Region

Tsumeb copper mine town

Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Old bottlesOld bottles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also 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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