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160103 DJI 0073463 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. Concrete foundations remain of the once impressive crusher, mill, dryer and bagging plant. See images of the site intact here . Geodata: -22.3090405 118.3190116 .
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140517-4388462 viewsMarble Bar, Prospector Creek, tin mine, near Fishers Cairn the area was a Tailings Lease #10 (87H) - FISHERS CAIRN held by Moolyella Tin Pty. Ltd in the 1960s, then a machinery lease in the 1970s. Remains of a dry tin concentrate plant. Location Here.
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160101 9790462 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, mine adit no. 2. Geodata: 22°19'28.8"S 118°19'41.7"E .
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237-33462 viewsDugite Siding, empty train in the passing track behind the standard pair of Hamersley Iron General Electric model Dash 9-44CW units 7066 serial 47745 and 7076. Geodata .
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160101 9786461 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside the drive, mine adit no. 5.
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160101 DJI 0002461 viewsWittenoom Gorge, looking north across fourth crossing back along Bolitho Rd, pool in Joffre Creek. Geodata.
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205-31460 viewsKoodaideri, drive cut into side, early exploration, drive was dug by Umberto Favero, a long time Hancock employee and worker and caretaker of the Wittenoom mine and settlement, drive location is 22 31'48.36" S 118 59'58.08" E.
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160102 DJI 0037460 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north west over the remains of the footings and slabs of the Gorge Mine location. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0039459 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north east over the remains of the footings and slabs of the Gorge Mine location with the drive ramp up the left wall, pool in Joffre Creek on the right. Geodata.
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198-37458 viewsView of Nelson Point showing original plant, and conveyors etc.
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204-25457 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine, remains of asbestos mining, view of the unloading area with the hoppers and chutes where the underground tipping ore cars were emptied.
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205-26457 viewsYampire Gorge, asbestos sign, Pope Searle getting some fibre.
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160101 9806457 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, looking north, the drive is visible cutting through to the right. GeoData.
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160101 DJI 0008457 viewsWittenoom Gorge, at the end of Bolitho Rd neat the former settlement looking south west towards the Gorge Mine, power station was located on cut to the left above the tree line. Geodata.
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160103 9839457 viewsLocated in the bush near Colonial Mill is this relic of a Fordson One Man Power Grader originally supplied by Lynas Motors Ltd. An old newspaper article on these graders can be found here . Geodata: -22.3057767 118.3247750 .
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160102 DJI 0029456 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view up looking west up a side gorge after Third Crossing. Geodata.
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160103 DJI 0055455 viewsColonial Mill and mine ruins located within Wittenoom Gorge. Concrete foundations remain of the once impressive crusher, mill, dryer and bagging plant. See images of the site intact here . Geodata: -22.3107554 118.3185943 .
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205-36454 viewsKoodaideri, track leading up to the underground drive, about 500 metres before the drive was a big warning sign about radio active substances.
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206-32454 viewsAn empty train on the Yarrie (former Goldsworthy) line with a string of Golynx ore waggons, built by Goninan WA to a Lynx Engineering design, and then the two types of the waggons from the Phelps Dodge Copper Mine, the ribbed units are built by Portec USA and the smooth ones built by Gunderson USA. All of these are belly dump waggons as opposed to the BHP fleet of rotary dump bodies.
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198-32453 viewsPort Hedland Port, view of ship turning basin with the South Hedland water tank in the distance, FMG now have a three berths in this location on the right. Early 2001.
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