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Macraes Flat(No comment required)
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The main pit. Each bench is 12 metres high and there are another six benches which are not visible to the bottom of the pit.
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A very large water tanker trying to do battle with the never ending dust.
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Haul Truck, payload 191 tonnes, cost from memory 1.7 million dollars. They have 19 of these.
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Haul truck tyre, 3.3 metres diameter!!
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Impoundment pond. This is a an old mining pit where the waste from the processing plant is poured. This contains a lot of chemicals including arsenic. It is then treated and purified and the leachate from this then transferred to another lake where trout are kept to ensure that the treated water is pure. Once the pit is full it is covered with topsoil and reinstated to its original natural state.
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Processing plant where the gold is refined and made into ingots. Of course we weren't allowed anywhere near there.
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The main pit. Each bench is 12 metres high and there are another six benches which are not visible to the bottom of the pit.+006.JPG)
A very large water tanker trying to do battle with the never ending dust.+018.JPG)
Haul Truck, payload 191 tonnes, cost from memory 1.7 million dollars. They have 19 of these.+022.JPG)
Haul truck tyre, 3.3 metres diameter!!+024.JPG)
Impoundment pond. This is a an old mining pit where the waste from the processing plant is poured. This contains a lot of chemicals including arsenic. It is then treated and purified and the leachate from this then transferred to another lake where trout are kept to ensure that the treated water is pure. Once the pit is full it is covered with topsoil and reinstated to its original natural state.+036.JPG)
Processing plant where the gold is refined and made into ingots. Of course we weren't allowed anywhere near there.
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