Boiler explosion at Moonta Mines |
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| Title : | Boiler explosion at Moonta Mines |
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| Creator : | Duryea, Edwin, photographer | ||
| Source : | B 12617 | ||
| Date of creation : | ca. 1884 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 145 x 96 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Result of boiler explosion at Beddomes engine house, Moonta Mines. The shell of the boiler was carried a considerable distance before landing on a miner's cottage. Moonta was predominantly settled by Cornish miners and their families. The Moonta-Wallaroo copper mining field was the longest lived in the state, with 64 years of continuous production. The mines closed in 1923. At the peak of its mining productivity, Moonta was the second largest town in South Australia.
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| Coverage year : | 1884 |
| Period : | 1852-1883 |
| Place : | Moonta/Moonta Bay |
| Region : | Yorke Peninsula |
| Further reading : | Austin, John Baptist. The mines of South Australia; including also an account of the smelting works in that colony, together with a brief description of the country and incidents of travel in the bush Adelaide: C. Platts, E. S. Wigg, G. Dehane, J.Howell, W. C. Rigby, G. Mullett, 1863.
Brown, Henry. The copper industry of South Australia: an economic study Adelaide: H. Brown, 1960. Drexel, J.F. Mining in South Australia: a pictorial history Adelaide: South Australian Dept. of Mines & Energy, 1982. Faull, Jim. Cornish heritage: a miner's story Highbury, J.F. Faull, 1980. Johns, R. K. Cornish mining heritage Adelaide: Dept. of Mines & Energy, South Australia, 1986. The Wallaroo and Moonta mines: their history, nature and methods, together with an account of the concentrating and smelting operations. Adelaide: Gillingham Printers, 1980. |
| Internet links : | Environment SA, Moonta Mines State Heritage Areas Primary Industries SA Copper mining and treatment in South Australia, PIRSA SA Memory, Did you know? South Australiana, Mining South Australian History, The Moonta Mine State Library of South Australia Mines and mineral resources |
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