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The Big Hole (Kimberley, South Africa)
The Big Hole in Kimberley, South Africa is reputed to be the largest hand dug hole in the world. The Big Hole is 463 metres wide and was dug to a depth of 240 m – though infilling and water-accumulation have left just 175 m of the hole visible. It’s now a show mine complete…
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Mirna Diamond Mine (Mirny, Russia)
“Mirna Mine is a former open pit diamond mine, now inactive, located in Mirny, Eastern Siberia, Russia. The mine is 525 meters (1,722 ft) deep (4th in the world) and has a diameter of 1,200 m (3,900 ft), and is the second largest excavated hole in the world, after Bingham Canyon Mine. The airspace above the mine is…
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Super Pit Gold Mine (Australia)
This renowned Kalgoorlie-Boulder landmark is currently 2.2 miles long, almost a mile wide and 1200 feet deep, and will eventually stretch 2.4 miles long, one mile wide and reach a depth exceeding 1600 feet. Since 1893, when Irishman Paddy Hannan first made his famous discovery, more than 50 million ounces (1700 US tons) of gold…
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Victoria Mine Tours and Mining Museums
BEECHWORTH HISTORIC PARK (BEECHWORTH, VICTORIA) “A number of significant gold mining sites are incorporated in sections of the Beechworth Historic Park. Drive, cycle or walk along the sealed Gorge Scenic Drive for spectacular views of the granite landscape and local gold mining history. It passes the Powder Magazine erected in 1859 and one of the best examples…