▁and ▁at ▁the ▁remote ▁border ▁crossing ▁of ▁On se ep k ans . ▁ ▁A ▁v ibr ant ▁fish ing ▁industry ▁is ▁found ▁along ▁this ▁stretch ▁of ▁the ▁South ▁African ▁west ▁coast , ▁especially ▁in ▁Port ▁N oll oth , ▁which ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁major ▁resort ▁town ▁for ▁people ▁living ▁in ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁South ▁Africa ▁( e . g . ▁G aut eng ), ▁and ▁Hon dek lip ba ai , ▁( or ▁Dog stone bay ), ▁so ▁called ▁because ▁of ▁a ▁large ▁b ould er ▁outside ▁the ▁town ▁which , ▁when ▁viewed ▁correctly , ▁looks ▁v agu ely ▁like ▁a ▁dog ▁sitting ▁down . ▁ ▁The ▁co pper ▁b angles ▁worn ▁by ▁the ▁K ho ik ho i ▁ar oused ▁the ▁interests ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁officials ▁of ▁the ▁Dutch ▁settlement ▁established ▁by ▁Jan ▁van ▁R ie be e ck ▁in ▁the ▁Cape ▁in ▁ 1 6 5 2 . ▁Several ▁exped itions ▁were ▁consequ ently ▁mounted ▁to ▁find ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁this ▁co pper . ▁A ▁min esh aft ▁was ▁d ug ▁in ▁the ▁" Co pper ▁Mountains " ▁in ▁northern ▁N ama qu aland ▁ ▁in ▁ 1 6 8 5 , ▁which ▁can ▁still ▁be ▁seen ▁near ▁the ▁dis used ▁Carol us berg ▁mine ▁a ▁few ▁kilom eters ▁east ▁of ▁Spring b ok . ▁However ▁commercial ▁min ing ▁was ▁only ▁started ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 9 , ▁and ▁over ▁the ▁next ▁ 1 4 0 ▁years ▁vast ▁quantities ▁of ▁ore ▁have ▁been ▁extracted ▁from ▁ 2 3 ▁mines