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Leydsdorp
Leydsdorp
is a former
gold rush
town
situated in the
Limpopo province
of
South Africa
.
Ghost town
is
south-west
of
Gravelotte
and
south-east
of
Tzaneen
. It developed from a
gold-mining
camp and was proclaimed in
1890
, but was virtually
abandoned
when
gold
was
discovered
on the
Witwatersrand
. Named after
Willem Johannes Leyds
,
state secretary
of the
South African Republic
from
1888
to
1897
.