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Tsumeb

Smelter town, Namibia, founded 1905.

About Tsumeb

City in Namibia.1

Where next

Mines

Worked atTsumeb mineTsumeb mine lies about 3 km away.1

Sources

  1. Wikidata item Q639467 (Tsumeb)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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