Cornish leftovers

Disused Cornish boilers are scattered across the ground adjacent to Taylor's Shaft at the Moonta Copper Mines in South Australia. These vessels have been used for water storage after their steamraising days were over. Richman's 1869 enginehouse which housed a 32 inch Cornish beam engine driving crushing and concentration machinery stands in the background. The large tailings dump was reworked by leaching with seawater in the 1920s and 30s and the terraced effect dates from those times.