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160101 9784406 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view inside the drive, mine adit no. 5.
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160101 9789405 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, mine adit no. 4. Geodata.
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198-32404 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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160101 9791404 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, mine adit no. 2. Geodata: 22°19'28.8"S 118°19'41.7"E .
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160102 DJI 0034404 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking south west towards the Gorge Mine location with drive visible on both side walls. Geodata.
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204-22403 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine, remains of asbestos mining, underground tipping ore cars, detail view of wheels and underside of car.
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160102 DJI 0046402 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north, tailings from Colonial Mine on the left, Magazine Pool on the right. Geodata.
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206-32401 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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160101 9790400 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, mine adit no. 2. Geodata: 22°19'28.8"S 118°19'41.7"E .
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160101 9798400 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view of old plant footings on second level. GeoData.
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198-37399 viewsView of Nelson Point showing original plant, and conveyors etc.
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205-24399 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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204-23398 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine, remains of asbestos mining, underground tipping ore car, shows side doo that opens when tipped to allow ore out of car.
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204-28398 viewsPort Hedland, 42 Kingsmill Street, this house was bought for $102,000 in 2000, and sold for $900K 10 or 11 years later.
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205-23397 viewsDrillers Ridge, Wittenoom, the DME (Distance Measuring Equipment) tower (located at 957 metres) was a navigation aid for the Department of Civil Aviation for the Wittenoom airport, the site was also used by Telecom for providing 'radio links' for phones into Wittenoom prior to the current tower located at the eastern edge of town which links back to Auski Roadhouse.
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160101 9780397 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, site of milling building on left, access ramp to mine adits on the right. Geodata.
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160101 9797397 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, view of the eastern wall of the gorge shows pool in Joffre Creek. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0026397 viewsWittenoom Gorge, western wall of gorge view, looking south from Second Crossing. Geodata.
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205-31396 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 0031396 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking west of the wall from above Gorge Mine. Geodata.
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