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Blinman Mine, South Australia [Camel Train With Supplies]

c1900s. Printout paper photograph, cabinet card format, titled in ink on photograph lower centre and on backing below image, studio line on backing left of image, 8.7 x 13.2cm. Laid down on original presentation backing.

Studio line reads “Jas, Howe & Co., Moonta [SA]. Copy.”

Copper was discovered in Blinman, located in the Flingers Ranges, South Australia, in 1859 by Robert Blinman. Mining commenced in 1861 and continued until 1918 when the ore ran out. Ref: SLSA; AusIMM Bulletin, Feb. 2019.

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Item #CL198-47

Price (AUD): $990.00  other currencies