Day Trip to Maldon, Vic
January 3rd 2006
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Come on up, Maggi !
This one says:
This photograph shows the mine from the east in the year of its closure.
On the right can be seen the battery shed, the foundations of which remain.
In the centre is the poppet head above the main shaft.
On the left is the cyanide plant, which was introduced in 1901 for the
chemical extraction of gold from sand tailings.
The concrete settling tanks can still be seen to your left.
The dry depression behind you was the dam which is in the foreground of the
photograph.
It was once a favourite swimming hole for local children.
Unfortunately,
this board caught the sun's reflection and is totally illegible.
Even worse, I can't remember anything of what it said !
The main reason I took the photo was because the pile of waste matter
(it had something to do with the use of cyanide
in gold mining)
reminded me of Jabba the
Hutt.