The Hammersly range is part of the Pilbara, one the areas in Australia containing massive iron ore deposits, Tony climbed Mt Bruce (2nd highest in West Australia - at the staggeringly unimpressive 1234m - evidence of an ancient land! We visited the oddly named town of "Tom Price" to take a tour of the Rio Tinto mine of the same name. The scale of the mine was astounding 100m of rock has been excavated above our heads, and a 100m deep pit was below us. The town was name after an American geologist who declared 50 odd years ago that there was enough iron to supply the world in the range (there was/is!).
Ten steps to running the Australian economy. 1. Excise large areas and a rail corridor from your national parks. Steps 2 through 10 are provided in the photo.
Ex-Mt. Tom Price. The mine was very quiet - a "mayday" had shut the mine down. Not a truck or excavator to be seen! The tour guide cannot even ask what the mayday was!
A tiny old-fashioned digger.
The plant for minor processing of iron before it was dumped into trains and shipped off to Port!
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