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The Norton gold roasting works is an unusual aspect of gold mining, not represented at any other known sites in southern and central Queensland. The operational association between the battery and the mine is uncommon and rare. [1] The place has potential to yield information that will contribute to an understanding of Queensland's history.
Mine Name Company Mine Type Basin Operations began Production (Mt/a) Use Coal type Jeebropilly Mine: New Hope Group [2] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 1982: 0.5: Export: Thermal Commodore: Intergen [3] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 2003: 3.6: Domestic: Thermal New Acland: New Hope Group [4] Open-cut: Clarence-Moreton: 2002: 4.2: Domestic & Export ...
Kidston Gold Mine is a former open cut gold mine in northern Queensland, Australia. Gold was first discovered around 1907 at what was initially known as Oak's Rush and renamed to Kidston a few months later as a gold rush started. The gold was initially alluvial gold found in gullies leading to the Copperfield River. The township was established ...
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 Moranbah North Coal Mine is a coal mine in the Bowen Basin at Moranbah in Central Queensland, Australia. The mine has coal reserves amounting to 261 million tonnes of coking coal, one of the largest coal reserves in the world. The mine has an annual production capacity of 8 million tonnes of coal. [1]
In mid-2011, evidence of a continuing mining boom was provided by state government figures which showed more than 50 mining projects are under consideration in the Bowen Basin. [4] The Goonyella railway line is the main route for exports of coal via Dalrymple Bay and Hay Point . [ 5 ]
Peak Downs Mine is a large open cut coking coal mine in Queensland located 31 km SSE of Moranbah. [1] Peak Downs is one of seven mines in Bowen Basin owned by BHP Mitsubishi Alliance , Australia's largest coal miner and exporter.
[5] [6] Mining employed 19.8% of the north Queensland population in 1868, and 50% by 1876, before dropping to 15% in 1911. [7] Although gold mining attracted people to north Queensland, alluvial finds of gold usually led to temporary townships, whereas underground reef mining held the promise of more stable and permanent settlements. [1]