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John Moffat (26 May 1841 – 28 June 1918) was a Scottish-born entrepreneur who developed a mining and industrial empire around Loudoun Mill and Irvinebank in North Queensland which drove the development of north-eastern Australia. He was a devout Swedenborgian who was famous for both vision and enterprise.
The George Fisher Mine is a mine located in Mount Isa in Queensland, Australia. It is one of the largest zinc, lead and silver mines in the world. [1] The mine is located 20 kilometres (12 mi) north of Mount Isa CBD in North West Queensland. The mine has estimated reserves of 150.4 million ounces of silver. [1]
The Olive Downs Complex is an open-cut mine for metallurgical coal in the Bowen Basin of Queensland, Australia. It is located 40 kilometres south-east of Moranbah, about 140 km south-west of Mackay. The mine is accessed via the Sheldon Bridge over the Isaac River. [1]
The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history. The Glassford Creek Smelters Sites have the potential to provide information that will further existing knowledge of the nature of mining technology utilised during this period of Queensland's mining history. [1]
The demand for coal to supply Queensland Rail, traditionally a major customer of the small mines, dramatically fell during the 1960s owing to the conversion from steam to diesel locomotives. Another key factor was the shift to more efficient large-scale mining leading to the dominance of open cut mines.
Monograph on the geology and mining features of Silver Valley, Herberton, North Queensland, Australia. Lancelot Freehold Tin & Copper Mines. "DRY RIVER SILVER MINES". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. XXXVII, no. 7, 802. Queensland, Australia. 13 January 1883. p. 6 – via National Library of Australia. — provides a description of Silver Valley in 1883