Old copper mine, a photo from South Australia, West

Photographer's Note

Moonta, on Yorke Peninsula, was a copper mining centre in the early days of South Australia. Many miners came out from Cornwall in England and as a result the mining buildings, such as these, are Cornish in style.
To this day Cornish pasties are very popular in the area.
We visited Moonta on a wet day and landed up with plenty of sticky clay on both the car and our shoes.

Better detail in the large view.

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papagolf21 (140842) 2019-01-26 23:16

Bonjour, Ian,
Trčs intéressante prise de vue et bonne note d'accompagnement qui permet de mieux comprendre le sujet.
Trčs bonne journée.
Amitiés.
Philippe

emka (135392) 2019-01-26 23:19

Hello Ian, Interesting to see to places never shown on TE. Beautiful industrial architecture in the landscape of outback of Australia. Interesting red soil.

Have a nice Sunday

MAlgo

Nicou (183158) 2019-01-27 1:20

Hello

Avec ces plateaux de roche en fond quelle vue et iamge quelle ancienne mine et édifice ce rendu sur la pierre quei se fond avec la roche ces arche quelle iamge sueprbe
Bravo et amitié
Nicou

lousat (117597) 2019-01-27 1:45

Hi Ian,beautiful capture of what remains of this important place for the mineral industry and for a lot of miners too coming from England too,interesting post and an excellent memory of the past. Have a nice Sunday and thanks,Luciano

jhm (186961) 2019-01-27 5:33

Hello Ian,

This is a very rare picture that we almost never get to see.
An excellent composition lovely presentation.
Very well done, TFS.

Have a nice Sunday,
John

rychem (64537) 2019-01-27 20:21

A very nice reportage photo, interesting place, I guess working conditions in old times in this mine were not the best, very well captured
regards Ryszard

ChrisJ (148694) 2019-01-27 21:42

Bonjour, Ian

Reminds me of the old Chillagoe copper mine in far north Queensland which also had a lot of old clay weights and measures lying around on the ground. Good sharpness and an excellent post from a very remote part of the country. Tfs!

ktanska (35229) 2019-01-29 10:46

Hi Ian,
Quite strange place. Those buildings are obviously old and it is surprising to see such large scale open mine with long history. I guess dry climate means that this place has not grown over despite a few bushes in the foreground.
Kari

Silvio1953 (186105) 2019-02-13 5:17

Ciao Ian, great view of fascinating abandoned morning center, wonderful colors, excellent clarity and splendid light, very well done, my friend, ciao Silvio