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is just to the west of the town. The produce of the mine is transported by truck to the nearest railway line, located 150 km (90 mi) to the south-east along a virtually straight gravel (dirt) road. The diversified ore is then railed down to
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wrote that, “for sheer uncompromising aridity, for stark grotesque naked horror, these mountains stand probably unsurpassed on the face of the globe.”
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Aggeneys". Derived from the
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476:geology
396:in the
308:English
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154:Namakwa
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331:UTC+2
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286:Xhosa
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248:White
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