Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
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Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was a Tasmanian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, most commonly referred to as Mount Lyell. Mount Lyell was the dominant copper mining company of the West Coast from 1893 to 1994, and was based in Queenstown, Tasmania.
Self acting haulage of Mount Lyell 2ft tramway in Tasmania
Mount Lyell mine in 2014
Mount Lyell No. 3 was one of the original steam Abt locomotives on the line
1970s Queen River with mine waste uncontrolled
Queenstown, Tasmania
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Queenstown is a town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen on the West Coast Range.
Orr Street, from centre, looking west
Queenstown moonscape, December 1984
A close-up shot of rock in the mountains surrounding Queenstown
A Tasmanian Tree Frog from Queenstown