Hard Times Mine
July 17th 2021 Mt Isa is a big mining town and has been at the cutting edge (pardon the pun) of mining technology for many decades. The area is extremely rich in silver, lead, zinc and especially copper deposits. In 1923 it was found to be the richest seam of lead zinc in the world when an itinerant prospector chanced upon some weighty rocks. He took them to nearby Cloncurry for analysis to be told they were up
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