Moonta Mines Historic Copper Mining Site Hughes Enginehouse Built In 1865 By Walter Watson Hughes And Associates Closed 1923 Had A 60 Inch Cornish Engine Next To Stables Boiler House And Concentrating Tanks Wallpaper Collections

Moonta Mines historic copper mine site. The ruins of the Hughes Smith and Elder shafts' concentrating plant near the Hughes Enginehouse. Built 1865. Sea water was pumped here and mixed with sulphuric acid.

Moonta Mines historic copper mining site. The three Hughes tanks were built in stone in 1865 to hold water pumped from the Hughes Shaft by the Hughes Enginehouse.

Moonta MInes historic copper mining site. The ruins of Richmans Enginehouse 1869 and next to it were the concentrating plant and a compressor house etc.

Moonta Mines historic copper mining site. Paved floors near the concentrating plant near Hughes Enginehouse. Floored with copper rich ores still green today.

Moonta MInes historic copper site. The Winding house at Taylors Shaft. A Cornish beam engine installed here in 1865.