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 The historic value of the Silvermine and Kliphuis farmhouses

 The tombstones in the Kirsten / Van der Poll family burial ground

 The family links between the owners of the farms
 The date of the gravel track known as Die Ou Wapad, striking upslope above

Silvermine Farm: it is a modern track built by City Council’s Parks and Forests Dept.

in the early 1970s (Ref: air photos, maps, and Rory Gilmore pers. comm.)

Recommendations

Further investigations should be undertaken to determine whether the Silvermine Valley
should be graded and listed as a Provincial Heritage Site, or at least be listed on the Heritage

Register.

Urgent archaeological investigations should be undertaken into the silver mine operations,

particularly the foundations of the hut that could have been built by the silver miners, Die
Kruithuis, and the Silvermine farmhouse. ((Fig. 2.37.)

References & Acknowledgements

Sleigh, D. (1993) Die Buiteposte – VOC-buiteposte onder Kaapse bestuur 1652 - 1795.
HAUM Uitgewers, Pretoria.

Cobern, M. (1984) The Story of the Fish Hoek Valley from the Beginning of Time, Fish Hoek
Printing Co.

Greenland, C. (1966) Before We Forget, The Story of Fish Hoek.

Burman, J. (1977) The False Bay Story. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.

Burman, J. (1962) Safe to the Sea. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.

Tredgold, A. (1985) Bay between the Mountains. Human & Rousseau, Cape Town.

Brommer, R. (2009) Grote Atlas van de Verenigde Oost-Indische Companie, Vol V Afrika,
Uitgeverij Asia Minor / Atlas Maior (AM), Voorburg, Netherlands.

Ness, M. (1985) Silvermine. SAHRA Files. Unpublished.

Spargo, P. (2010) Early Mines of the Cape Peninsula. KBHA Bulletin No 14.