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206-32118 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 9810118 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, asbestos mining remains, concrete footings and foundations for the now removed milling plant, drive visible in the background, looking north east. Geodata.
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160103 9835118 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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140517-4395117 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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140517-4423117 viewsA Tutt Bryant rope operated Pacific A.C.E. Equipment Wheel Loader, Fordson powered?? The front end loader which lifts the bucket over the cab to feed the trammel, or dump into a truck, see an historical picture of this unit here at the Battye Library and an image of a similar unit on the manufacturer's website
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197-30117 viewsWittenoom, Colonial Mine, builders plate for Mancha type MB1 controller, serial number M6 3165.
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205-31117 viewsKoodaideri, drive cut into side, early exploration, drive dug by Umberto, former Hancock employee and worker and caretaker at the Wittenoom mine sites, drive location is 22 31'48.36" S 118 59'58.08" E.
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160101 9806117 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, looking north, the drive is visible cutting through to the right. GeoData.
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160102 9817117 viewsWittenoom Gorge, pool in Joffre Creek just across the road from Colonial Mine, Magazine Pool. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0031117 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking west of the wall from above Gorge Mine. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0046117 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view looking north, tailings from Colonial Mine on the left, Magazine Pool on the right. Geodata.
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205-23116 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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205-32116 viewsKoodaideri, drive cut into side, early exploration, drive dug by Umberto, former Hancock employee and worker and caretaker at the Wittenoom mine sites.
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160101 9803116 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Gorge Mine area, old building slabs and foundations looking east. GeoData.
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160101 DJI 0008116 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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160102 9812116 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Town Pool in Joffre Creek just south of the Colonial Mine. Geodata.
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160102 DJI 0052116 viewsWittenoom Gorge, view of Magazine Pool with tailings to the left. Geodata.
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204-20115 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, pool located near mine site.
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204-26115 viewsWittenoom Gorge Mine area, pool located near mine site.
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160101 9768115 viewsWittenoom Gorge, Joffre Creek, Fourth Crossing Pool view of the western wall gorge, via Bolitho Road. Geodata: -22.2804483 118.3212850
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