20140707gs_2069_Nababeep_Mine

NABABEEP, South Africa - 7 July 2014 - The entrance to one of the disused shafts at the Nababeep Mine Museum in the Northern Cape town of Nababeep. The mine, from which copper was extracted, closed down in 2004 after beig in operation for about 150 years. The local Nababeep Mine Museum bears testimony to this history, its immediate surrounds a display of old mining equipment and Clara - a narrow-gauge 'mountain type' steam locomotive.

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NABABEEP, South Africa - 7 July 2014 - The entrance to one of the disused shafts at the Nababeep Mine Museum in the Northern Cape town of Nababeep. The mine, from which copper was extracted, closed down in 2004 after beig in operation for about 150 years. The local Nababeep Mine Museum bears testimony to this history, its immediate surrounds a display of old mining equipment and Clara - a narrow-gauge 'mountain type' steam locomotive.