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Early Rand mining camp (Ferreira's)

Old dump ground Source-confirmed findsPermission required
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: Rand mining-camp refuse..

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

1890 settlement / boom era

1886 Witwatersrand gold rush, earliest camp ground

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