The fine powder that results is poured into storage piles
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Drying the sludge
The sludge is dried in these huge shelves
The fine powder that results is poured into storage piles
The fine powder that results is poured into storage piles
Colors of the Sludge
The ore is mixed with chemicals and the gold and copper are extracted
The mixing trays are thick with 'mud' and it is here that the gold and copper is separated.
The metal here has to be separated with chemicals as its in the rock.
The mixing trays are thick with 'mud' and it is here that the gold and copper is separated.
The metal here has to be separated with chemicals as its in the rock.
Ore Into the Processing Plant at Xstrada
The ore comes to the processing plant on huge rollers.
The Stock pile is where the ore is stored until it is processed.
The stockpile holds sufficient ore for 6 days processing.
The Stock pile is where the ore is stored until it is processed.
The stockpile holds sufficient ore for 6 days processing.
The Huge Trucks
The Ore is transported in huge trucks.
Many of the truck drivers are women.
These huge trucks cart the ore to the crusher
Many of the truck drivers are women.
These huge trucks cart the ore to the crusher
Driving into Xstrada Mine Open Cut
From the Lookout Point, we were driven down into the bottom of the Open Cut Mine.
The colors of the ground below the surface were beautiful.
Its the earth sliced down and seeing the rock that is being mined is amazing.
The ore is transported in huge trucks to the crushing Mill.
Here are the colors of the Underground
The colors of the ground below the surface were beautiful.
Its the earth sliced down and seeing the rock that is being mined is amazing.
The ore is transported in huge trucks to the crushing Mill.
Here are the colors of the Underground
Xstrada Mine at Cloncurry
The tour of Xstrada Mine at Cloncurry was spectacular.
The colors of the desert were very beautiful with the bright greens after the rains contrasting with the browns and greys of the mining.
We were taken by bus to the Viewing area of the mine.
From there we drove down to the bottom of the open pit and back up to the top.
It was amazing seeing how the huge diggers get the ore and send it to the belt where it gets crushed and sent to the processing plant.
This shows the first part of the operation...the transporting of the ore from the mine to the pile.
The ore is processed for gold and copper.
The colors of the desert were very beautiful with the bright greens after the rains contrasting with the browns and greys of the mining.
We were taken by bus to the Viewing area of the mine.
From there we drove down to the bottom of the open pit and back up to the top.
It was amazing seeing how the huge diggers get the ore and send it to the belt where it gets crushed and sent to the processing plant.
This shows the first part of the operation...the transporting of the ore from the mine to the pile.
The ore is processed for gold and copper.
Skies at Cloncurry
There are some wonderful skies at Cloncurry
The evenings when the light is changing has some awesome skies.
In the school yard the silhouette and shapes of this tree has long fascinated me.
The classrooms go down from the Home Economics to the Art Room, and every day, the sky is different.
I ask the students to watch the sky when they paint and draw.
It is seldom clear one shade blue.
Always there are shapes and shadows and movement.
The evening colors make the clouds exciting behind the tree
The evenings when the light is changing has some awesome skies.
In the school yard the silhouette and shapes of this tree has long fascinated me.
The classrooms go down from the Home Economics to the Art Room, and every day, the sky is different.
I ask the students to watch the sky when they paint and draw.
It is seldom clear one shade blue.
Always there are shapes and shadows and movement.
The evening colors make the clouds exciting behind the tree
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