& The Cornish Abroad
All along the cliffs from Perranporth to Cligga Head are prosperous mine workings that have worked under several names and often together. These include: Great...
This will be as complete a list of engine houses and major opening and closing dates of all the mines featured on this website as...
In west Penwith the men-an-tol is a famous site made up of four standing stones. Thought to be of Neolithic Early-Bronze Age origin (2500-1500 BCE)...
On the Yorke Peninsula are the scant remains of Wallaroo mine, the mine that started the third South Australian copper rush after Kapunda in 1842 […]
Just a short distance north of Kalgoorlie are the well-kept remains of Goongarrie Homestead. Encompassing roughly 60,000 hectares, the Goongarrie Homestead was once a working […]
The Kapunda Mine, established in 1844, was the first successful copper mine in Australian history. Copper was actually discovered here two years prior by Francis […]
Tucked away in a eucalyptus forest are the scant remains of our of South Australia’s greatest silver mines: Talisker Mine. The mine here was opened […]
A common site along the heritage cycle path near Carnkie, the wonderful Wheal Basset is just a small part of a much bigger mine. Mining […]
At the center of the town of Moonta are the remains of a once great copper mine, the Moonta Mine, one that despite being on […]
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