Hard Times miners

Day 141 - Mount Isa

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August 15th 2015
Mount Isa is one of those places that exist because of mining. It is really hard to see the city of 20,000 people being here without the mine. The rich deposits were discovered by John Campbell Miles in 1923 and since then Mt Isa has been one of the richest mines in the world (extracting lead, silver, zinc and copper). Miles was a prospector / adventurer / explorer and the name of his horse was ... read more

Oceania » Australia » Queensland

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more