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From: "Lynn MacLeod" <>
Subject: Re: [ZA] Cyphergat
Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 14:58:09 +1300
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Hi Mark/David
From SA Encyclopaedia : Rosenthal 1961
Cyphergat. Former colliery centre in the Stormberg
mountains of the Cape Province. Opened up in 1860's but
now of small importance owing to the superiority of the
Transvaal and Natal coal.
Kind regards
Lynn MacLeod
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Smith
Sent: Sunday, January 02, 2005 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: [ZA] Cyphergat

> Yes, you are correct. My original mail stated Western Cape when I meant
> Eastern Cape. The coal mines were near to Molteno.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David and Mary Bossenger
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:12 PM
> Subject: [ZA] Cyphergat
> > Hi Mark,
> > The only Cyphergat that I can find is between Sterkstroom and Molteno in
> > the
> > Eastern Cape. Close by is a mine called Syfergat (Readers Digest
Atlas).
> > There appears to have been some interesting translations as Syfergat
would
> > tx to weephole or sluggish spring whereas cypher in Eng will tx to syfer
> > in
> > Afr as in figures as in encode and decode etc. I wonder which came
first
> > Cypher or Syfer?


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