Mining Chimneys - Who Made them?

Submitted: Sunday, Jun 18, 2017 at 12:29
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Hi Everyone

Seeing we can not have Doug's Sunday History any more, here is a bit of history that some may or may not be aware of.

Two posts below, Eugene asked what the symbol was on the EO Topo maps. There were a number of replies and he now knows that it is to do my our mining history, as shown with a screen shot of the historic town of Burra, less than a 30 minute drive from our home here in Clare.



With the discovery of copper back in 1845, this saved the new Colony of South Australia from financial ruin.

Miners came from thousands of kilometres away to make a living from this new discovery, and two unique styles of chimneys were built and can still be seen today.

Many or most people will never take any notice of them, and this applies not just to Burra, but other important mining areas around Australia.

The round Chimneys that were built were unique to the Cornish Stonemasons and the square Chimneys were unique to the Welsh Stonemasons.

So next time you visit an old mining site, impress yours friends and tell them who made those unique chimneys.


Cheers


Stephen




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