Australia, South Australia
Burra SA
Monster Mine copper township
Old dump ground Documented siteRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: eyes-only: engine houses, open cut, miners' dugouts in Burra Creek, Redruth gaol, slag and ore scatter in place.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
The Burra Burra 'Monster Mine' supplied 5 percent of world copper 1845-1877, Cornish miners lived in creek-bank dugouts, state heritage area since 1993
Mine site, Cornish townships, dugouts and 1851 census accounts documented, the whole town is run as an open-air heritage experience
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Open cut edgesUnstable historic structures, summer heat
Keep exploring nearby
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