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The Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter is a nickel smelter in Feysville, south of the town of Kalgoorlie in Western Australia. The smelter is operated by BHP and part of its Nickel West operations. Having originally been built by WMC Resources , it changed ownership in 2005 when BHP acquired WMC.
The formal geological name for the Lead Belt is the "Southeastern Missouri Mississippi Valley-type Mineral District". It contains the highest concentration of galena (lead(II) sulfide) in the world [2] as well as significant economic quantities of zinc, copper and silver and currently mined sub-economic quantities of metals such as cadmium, nickel and cobalt. [2]
The first private battery in Kalgoorlie was constructed at the Croesus mine in 1894. [5] As early as 1897 there was consideration of ore-crushing facilities being funded by private or government means. [6] [7] The first government battery was constructed at Norseman in 1898. [8] But by 1906 there was a Batteries Inquiry Board. [9]
A school of mines (or mining school) is an engineering school, often established in the 18th and 19th centuries, that originally focused on mining engineering and applied science. Most have been integrated within larger constructs such as mineral engineering , some no longer focusing primarily on mining subjects, while retaining the name.
It moved to Kalgoorlie in 1903 after State government funds were released. The following description appeared in the Western Argus on 7 June 1903: "The first week in October should see the completion of the Kalgoorlie School of Mines building, which is now being erected in Egan Street, next to the Chamber of Mines.
A Perth Chamber of Mines, founded in 1897, [3] quickly became defunct. [4] The Coolgardie and Kalgoorlie bodies merged in 1900, as the Chamber of Mines of Western Australia. [4] [5] The headquarters of the combined body were in the Kalgoorlie Chamber of Mines building. In the same era, there was also in London, a Westralian Chamber of Mines. [6]
Missouri Mines State Historic Site occupies Federal Mill No. 3 in Park Hills, Missouri, United States, which processed the lead and zinc ore that was mined in the immediate area for many decades. The site's old power building features a geological and mining history museum and interpretive center focusing on the state's historic Old Lead Belt .
St. Joe State Park is a public recreation area consisting of 8,243 acres (3,336 ha) on the south side of Park Hills, Missouri, along the flanks of the Saint Francois Mountains. [5] The state park includes the Missouri Mines State Historic Site with its former St. Joe Minerals mill buildings and museum of geology and mining. [ 6 ]