Australia, Tasmania
Queenstown TAS
Mount Lyell mining moonscape
Old dump ground Documented siteGray area
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Old bottles
Nails and fittingsAlso reported: eyes-only: smelter slag banks, haulage formations, mine relics.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Sheila Sund (CC BY 2.0), North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Mount Lyell copper field from the 1880s, smelter fumes and clearing stripped the hills bare, the company ran 1893-1994 and the bare 'moonscape' remains
Mining landscape, smelter sites and town history documented, relic scatter across old workings and formations follows the industrial record
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
Unstable spoil slopesAcid drainage in the Queen River, shafts and adits, fast-changing mountain weather
Keep exploring nearby
More spots in this area.