Chillagoe Smelters - Stockfoto

A panorama showing the remains of a once thriving copper mining and smelting industry at Chillagoe, Cape York, Australia. This significant heritage site preserves rare remains of mineral smelting processes from the turn of the 20th Century. This copper smelting site operated between 1901 and 1943 sourcing ore by train and camel haulage from nearby copper mines. Three old chimney stacks dominate the sparse skyline.