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Wallaroo Mines [B 12599] • Photograph

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Summary

Taylor's shaft and pumping engine house, Wallaroo Mines. "Fire broke out in Taylor's shaft and was first noticed at surface at 3 pm on January 1904. Shaft and workings in the upper levels were sealed off permanently and later a new shaft was sunk from surface to connect with the workings in the lower levels. The worst disaster in the history of the mines. See Supplementary Report from General Manager, Wallaroo & Moonta Mining and Smelting Company Ltd., annual report 1904.

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Physical description

Pootograph; 15.2 cm x 10.8 cm

Dates / Publication details

Approximately 1904

Collection

Part of Wallaroo Mines Collection

Subject

Fires -- South Australia -- Wallaroo Mines
Wallaroo Mines (S.A.)

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Digitisation information

Date

22/02/2006

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

3,177 x 2,235 pixels (7.1 MP)

Size

21.33 MB

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