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xenithI'm going to continue the mining theme with some more mining towns, this time down the West Coast. If you're not interested in mining towns, look away NOW.
Right. I've included some of these in my West Coast trip report back in 2005, but that was years ago and there are some additional photos. Unfortunately, we only made a quick visits to these towns so I only have a small number of photos of sometimes dubious quality.
The west coast is wild and remote, much more than you'd think from the map. It's all mountains and rain forest, winding roads and wild rivers, and some of the richest mineral deposits in the world.
I was going to do some background & start with Zeehan, but I have photos of Rosebery already uploaded and it is the first town of substance you come to from the north. So I'll start there, and add in background details as the come up.
Main street (Agnes St). The pub on the corner seems to have been done over.
In the other direction. Note the hills.
Like most towns in this area, Rosebery's story starts last in the 19th century, with a gold claim in 1893. Zinc, lead and copper were discovered over the next couple of years.
The mine is currently owned by Zinifex who extract zinc, lead, silver, gold and copper. There's also the nearby tin mine at Renison Bell, owned by Metals X.
It was quick visit ("I'll meet you back at the car in 20 minutes!") and it was raining. Rosebery has an annual rainfall of something like 2000 to 3000 mm (80-100 inches) so I guess it's often raining. The west coast gets a lot of rain, because the prevailing winds are from the west (the Roaring Forties).
This was a guest house at the time of the photo (Nancy's Guest House). I don't know what it was before that.
Catholic church.
Water wheel, outside the school.
Right. I've included some of these in my West Coast trip report back in 2005, but that was years ago and there are some additional photos. Unfortunately, we only made a quick visits to these towns so I only have a small number of photos of sometimes dubious quality.
The west coast is wild and remote, much more than you'd think from the map. It's all mountains and rain forest, winding roads and wild rivers, and some of the richest mineral deposits in the world.
I was going to do some background & start with Zeehan, but I have photos of Rosebery already uploaded and it is the first town of substance you come to from the north. So I'll start there, and add in background details as the come up.
Main street (Agnes St). The pub on the corner seems to have been done over.
In the other direction. Note the hills.
Like most towns in this area, Rosebery's story starts last in the 19th century, with a gold claim in 1893. Zinc, lead and copper were discovered over the next couple of years.
The mine is currently owned by Zinifex who extract zinc, lead, silver, gold and copper. There's also the nearby tin mine at Renison Bell, owned by Metals X.
It was quick visit ("I'll meet you back at the car in 20 minutes!") and it was raining. Rosebery has an annual rainfall of something like 2000 to 3000 mm (80-100 inches) so I guess it's often raining. The west coast gets a lot of rain, because the prevailing winds are from the west (the Roaring Forties).
This was a guest house at the time of the photo (Nancy's Guest House). I don't know what it was before that.
Catholic church.
Water wheel, outside the school.
