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Burra (Monster Mine)

Burra (Monster Mine), Australia. Heritage site, underground, mining copper.

Why Burra (Monster Mine) is famous

Copper found in June 1845. About 80,000 t of ore was shipped in the first six years with more than 1,000 workers, mostly Cornish. By 1860 it was the second largest copper producer in the world. Underground mining ended in 1867 and an open cut ran 1870 to 1877.1,2

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Burra (Monster Mine) today

Where copper is mined todayMining in Australia

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Mines

ExamplesEmpire MineCornish miners worked Empire from the mid-1850s. Burra's 1,000 workers were mostly Cornish.3

Places

Located inBurraBurra (Monster Mine) sits at Burra.1

Sources

  1. Burra State Heritage Area fact sheet Government of South Australia
  2. Wikidata entity Q1000133
  3. Empire Mine State Historic Park California State Parks

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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