Tag Archives: Cobar

Extracting gold with Cyanide

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of a series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption for this image… More

Settling the slimes – Mount Boppy Gold Mine

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption says ‘Slime Pits’. The… More

Shaking out gold – Mount Boppy Gold Mine

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption for this image says… More

Extracting gold with Mercury

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption for this image says… More

Pounding out gold with sixty metal ‘boots’

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The old caption for this image says… More

Gold mining in 1905 – the scientific method

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption for this image says… More

Moving 50,000 tons of ore – Mt Boppy Mine

Posted on March 1, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption for this image reads… More

Gold mining in 1905 – rats down the hole?

Posted on February 23, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is another from a series about gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. The original caption reads ‘Leading Stope… More

Gold mining – working for the man in 1905

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

This image is one of series of gold mining and processing at Mount Boppy Gold Mine in 1905. These images have been in our collection… More

Mining history – Mount Boppy Gold Mine

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Lynne McNairn

Gold has played a vital role in the development and prosperity of Australia ever since the famous goldrushes of the 1850s. This image shows a… More

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