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Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, Poona and Wheal Hughes - Geological Survey
/ref> It was subsequently worked using open-cut techniques between 1990 and 1993, and eventually reopened in 1998 as tourist attraction. It was run by the Moonta Branch of the
Tourist TrainMiners CottageMuseumOld Fashioned Sweet Shop
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Local & Family History Centre
Visitors could go underground to see the tunnels and large stopes. Tourists are no longer able to go underground.
Yorke Peninsula website
Yorke Peninsula: Moonta
Wheal Hughes Copper Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula
Copper mines in South Australia Yorke Peninsula Former mines in Australia
Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction at Cross Roads, near Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
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The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes
Sir Walter Watson Hughes (22 August 1803 – 1 January 1887),Dirk Van Dissel,Hughes, Sir Walter Watson (1803 - 1887), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 440-441. Retrieved 11 August 2009 who before his knighthood wa ...
a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
in 1840
and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Minerals were discovered on his property two shepherds working for Hughes: firstly, in 1860 by James Boor, and then again in 1861 at what is now Moonta, by Patrick Ryan. The 'wheal' part of the name comes from Cornish, and means 'place of work' - Cornish miners were a big part of the early workforce.
One of the first mines to be discovered in the area, it remained workable as an underground mine until 1868, producing large quantities of copper
and significant amounts of gold. Further deposits were extracted for a short time in 1890.
./ref> It was subsequently worked using open-cut techniques between 1990 and 1993, and eventually reopened in 1998 as tourist attraction. It was run by the Moonta Branch of the
National Trust of South Australia
The National Trust of Australia, officially the Australian Council of National Trusts (ACNT), is the Australian national peak body for community-based, non-government non-profit organisations committed to promoting and conserving Australia's Ind ...
in conjunction with other venuesTourist Train
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Local & Family History Centre
Visitors could go underground to see the tunnels and large stopes. Tourists are no longer able to go underground.
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Yorke Peninsula: Moonta
Wheal Hughes Copper Mine, Moonta, Yorke Peninsula
Copper mines in South Australia Yorke Peninsula Former mines in Australia