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The Miners’ Memorial and Visitors’ Centre were completed in December 2000. In 2001 it won the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, awarded by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This is the most prestigious award in Australia for an Urban Design project.

The architects, Chris Landorf (Grand daughter of former Broken Hill Mine Manager Pittman Hooper) and David Manfredi, designed a symbolic and spiritual representation of the tragic deaths from mining accidents of more than 800 miners, whose names are all recorded on the walls of the memorial.

A memorial service for fallen miners is now held annually at the Miners’ Memorial: a day of remembrance that coincides, as closely as possible, with the anniversary of the deaths of Leopold Campbell and Thomas Jordan, who died on the Central Mine in 1902.

The site of the Memorial and Visitor’s Centre, on the edge of the tailings on top of the line of lode, is also a dramatic lookout, sitting 54 metres, with an excellent view over the city to the northwest.

Line of Lode Miner's Memorial and restaurant is a dramatic, iconic new structure on the edge of the mullock heap that dissects Broken Hill.

Mining has claimed more than 800 lives over the years at Broken Hill, and the dramatic Line of Lode Miner’s Memorial and Visitors Centre, overlooking the city, is a poignant monument to them all. The Line of Lode is one of the world’s largest bodies of ore, containing the silver, lead and zinc that made fortunes in this remote outback city. The striking architecturally designed memorial, which was opened in 2001, has the name of each miner who perished etched into freestanding glass panels within the high, rust-red steel walls. Passing through the monument is sobering: spend a while reflecting on the human tragedy that encompasses a key part of the city’s mining history. There are also spectacular views from the summit of the gigantic hill or mullock on which the memorial is built (in essence a 30m-high pile of mining waste material).

Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Discover/Silver-Trail/13.-Line-of...) & NSW Government.

The Miners’ Memorial and Visitors’ Centre were completed in December 2000. In 2001 it won the Walter Burley Griffin Award for Urban Design, awarded by the Royal Australian Institute of Architects. This is the most prestigious award in Australia for an Urban Design project.

The architects, Chris Landorf (Grand daughter of former Broken Hill Mine Manager Pittman Hooper) and David Manfredi, designed a symbolic and spiritual representation of the tragic deaths from mining accidents of more than 800 miners, whose names are all recorded on the walls of the memorial.

A memorial service for fallen miners is now held annually at the Miners’ Memorial: a day of remembrance that coincides, as closely as possible, with the anniversary of the deaths of Leopold Campbell and Thomas Jordan, who died on the Central Mine in 1902.

The site of the Memorial and Visitor’s Centre, on the edge of the tailings on top of the line of lode, is also a dramatic lookout, sitting 54 metres, with an excellent view over the city to the northwest.

Line of Lode Miner's Memorial and restaurant is a dramatic, iconic new structure on the edge of the mullock heap that dissects Broken Hill.

Mining has claimed more than 800 lives over the years at Broken Hill, and the dramatic Line of Lode Miner’s Memorial and Visitors Centre, overlooking the city, is a poignant monument to them all. The Line of Lode is one of the world’s largest bodies of ore, containing the silver, lead and zinc that made fortunes in this remote outback city. The striking architecturally designed memorial, which was opened in 2001, has the name of each miner who perished etched into freestanding glass panels within the high, rust-red steel walls. Passing through the monument is sobering: spend a while reflecting on the human tragedy that encompasses a key part of the city’s mining history. There are also spectacular views from the summit of the gigantic hill or mullock on which the memorial is built (in essence a 30m-high pile of mining waste material).

Source: Visit Broken Hill (www.visitbrokenhill.com/Discover/Silver-Trail/13.-Line-of...) & NSW Government.

Rock - Glen Lyon - Perthshire - Highlands - Scotland - UK

Rock - Glen Lyon - Perthshire - Highlands - Scotland - UK

Caphouse Colliery, located in Overton near Wakefield, West Yorkshire, has a rich history that mirrors the broader narrative of coal mining in England. Today, it serves as the site of the National Coal Mining Museum for England, preserving the legacy of the industry and the communities it supported.

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CN 2111 slowly brings a T-bird train into Fairlane. Not even a year later, these old Dash 8s aren't anywhere to be seen on the Missabe.

Q4009/ Q4014/ Q4002 are on 7414 empty iron ore passing through Binduli on 27 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.

Q4009/ Q4014/ Q4002 on 7414 empty iron ore at West Kalgoorlie yard on 27 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.

Uraninite, Autunite & "Gummite,"a mixture of uranium-bearing radioactive minerals shown under longwave ultraviolet light. Uraninite (black) is uranium dioxide. Autunite (fluorescing green) is hydated copper uranium phosphate. "Gummite" (orange) is not a recognized mineral species. Rather, is a term applied to a mixture of mixture of uraninite and secondary uranium decay products of variable composition. Gummite usually consists of differing proportions of Boltwoodite, Clarkeite, Curite, Kasolite, Soddyite, Uraninite and Uranophane. Specimen is from the Ruggles Mine, a source of mica, feldspar and beryl from a granite pegmatite throughout the 19th century. The focus of mining operations at Ruggles shifted with the discovery of strategically important uranium minerals in 1936. Ruggles, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

Uraninite, Autunite & "Gummite,"a mixture of uranium-bearing radioactive minerals. The specimen is shown here in a composite view under natural light o the left and under longwave fluorescent light on the right. Uraninite (black) is uranium dioxide. Autunite (fluorescing green) is hydated copper uranium phosphate. "Gummite" (orange) is not a recognized mineral species. Rather, is a term applied to a mixture of mixture of uraninite and secondary uranium decay products of variable composition. Gummite usually consists of differing proportions of Boltwoodite, Clarkeite, Curite, Kasolite, Soddyite, Uraninite and Uranophane. Specimen is from the Ruggles Mine, a source of mica, feldspar and beryl from a granite pegmatite throughout the 19th century. The focus of mining operations at Ruggles shifted with the discovery of strategically important uranium minerals in 1936. Ruggles, Grafton Co., New Hampshire.

Q4002/ Q4014/ Q4009 on 7414 empty iron ore train heading into West Kalgoorlie yard and seen at Binduli on 27 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.

Silver in matrix. Molly Gibson Mine. Aspen Mining District. Aspen, Pitkin Co., Colo.

CN 2026 leads a loaded taconite train for Two Harbors through the small town of Aurora along the Iron Range subdivision. Unfortunately, photos are all that we have left of these old dash 8s hauling ore as newer AC44C6m's have replaced them.

An uphill train hauled by FCCA locomotives 702+1024 runs roadside in Carmen de la Legua (Callao). 2025 may 1st

Coarse-grained sedimentary sandstone cemented with with hematite / goethite matrix.
From the coastal plain of Maryland.

Banded red jasper with minor inclusions of iron-bearing hematite.
From the Mesabi Iron Range of northern Minnesota.

With a cut of empty ore cars obediently following behind the trio of Geeps, Copper Basin’s OT-1 heads back to the massive copper mine at Ray, AZ for its second load of ore. The OT-1 is not far from Ray Junction as it passes over a small wooden trestle spanning a wash that flows into the Gila River during times of heavy rainfall.

Q4018/ Q4017/ Q4010 on 6414 empty iron ore train passing through Binduli on 26 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.

Q4018/ Q4017/ Q4010 on 6414 empty iron ore train sits at West Kalgoorlie on 26 October 2007. Photo: Jim Bisdee.