A very dramatic image! Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Tue, May 6, 2014 at 8:23 AM, Alan C <c...@lantic.net> wrote: > Palabora Mining Company (PMC), formerly a Rio Tinto company, mined copper > from this open pit until about 12 years ago when the underground phase > began. Rio Tinto sold out to a Chinese company last year. The headgear can > be seen to the right behind the pit. To the left of the headgear can also be > seen the flotation plant & refinery. The open pit is about 1.2km in diameter > and 700m deep, the bottom being about 300m below sea level. The large fault > on the northern side collapsed when wall maintenance was discontinued. We > used to have an annual road race out of the pit - roughly 7km from bottom to > top plus another 5km to the mine club. This is a two shot pano taken from > the F7 waste dump on the western side. > > https://www.flickr.com/photos/wisselstroom/13935216898/ > > > Alan C > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
