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Philosophers Ridge is the long spur that connects Mount Lyell and Mount Owen in the
Philosophers Ridge is the long spur that connects Mount Lyell and Mount Owen in the West Coast Range
The West Coast Range is a mountain range located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.
The range lies to the west and north of the main parts of the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park.
The range has had a significant number ...
of Western Tasmania
The West Coast of Tasmania is mainly isolated rough country, associated with wilderness, mining and tourism. It served as the location of an early convict settlement in the early history of Van Diemen's Land, and contrasts sharply with the mor ...
.
On it are significant sites of the Mount Lyell copper field.
The original Iron Blow
Iron Blow was the site of the earliest major mining venture at Mount Lyell on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia in 1883.
Original form
Geoffrey Blainey describes the appearance prior to its being mined:
They (Those mentioned above) exam ...
was on its midslopes, discovered on the ridge by Karlson and McDonough.
The North Lyell Mine, scene of the 1912 North Mount Lyell Disaster
The North Mount Lyell disaster (also known as the Mount Lyell disaster and North Mount Lyell fire) refers to a fire that broke out on 12 October 1912 at the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company operations on the West Coast of Tasmania, killing ...
, was at its northernmost end, on the slopes of Mount Lyell. Very close to the mine was the settlement
Settlement may refer to:
*Human settlement, a community where people live
*Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building
* Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction
*Settlement (fin ...
of the same name; the North Lyell tram traversed the ridge, as did the ill-fated North Lyell aerial tram. These features no longer exist due to the mining of the area, but they all had significant roles to play in the history of the Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company
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 ...
.
The Gap, the point where the Queenstown to Gormanston road (originally known as the Queenstown to Gormanston Dray Road, now known as the Lyell Highway
The Lyell Highway (Route A10) is a highway in Tasmania, running from Hobart to Queenstown.
It is the one of two transport routes that passes through the West Coast Range, the other being the Anthony Road.
Name
The name is derived from ...
) passed over the ridge, is the southernmost named feature that remains.
Down the western slope of the ridge, the Mount Lyell Haulage and the Mount Lyell aerial tram took ore from the mines that worked on the ridge to the Queenstown smelters.
The eastern slope of the ridge faced into the Linda Valley
Linda Valley is a valley in the West Coast Range of Tasmania. It was earlier known as the Vale of Chamouni. It is located between Mount Owen and Mount Lyell.
Human settlement
Linda Valley is the location of two historical settlements, Linda a ...
and the town of Gormanston.
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