The photo above is a general view of the mines complex. The ore was transported from the mining area to the smelter in the small four-wheel gondola dump cars seen in the foreground of the photo. More of these cars can be seen at the right under the elevated trestle leading to a dump station for the smelter.
Above is a Bucyrus steam shovel working in "the old dumps" of the Wallaroo and Moonta Mines. The shovel is loading one of the small dump cars. I guess there were a lot of these cars as this one is numbered 233.
The Wallaroo & Moonta Mines is long out of business.
I am well along on the firehouse project so will post the results soon.
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