Mount Isa Hard Times Mine Tour
An underground mine tour, operating daily in Mount Isa. outbackatisa.com.au
Mt Isa Hard Times Mine
Mt Isa Hard Times Mine Tour - Discover what it's like to wear the boots & hard hats of Mt Isa's Miners & play with some real live heavy machinery. More pics & info at
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100 000th Person Underground At The Hard Times Mine
Outback At Isa's Hard Times Mine Celebrates the 100 000th Person on an underground tour.
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Mount Isa Mines: a video tour of the Glencore Mount Isa facility and the Mt Isa mines
Mount Isa Mines is one of the biggest mining operations in Australia. Part of the Glencore group, Mount Isa’s operations and products play vital roles in its local community.
Glencore Mt Isa mining is the second largest producer of copper in Australia; our copper mines comprise the largest network of underground mine development in the world. Our operation encompasses underground mines, as well as a copper concentrator, copper smelter and supporting services.
Mount Isa Mine is also home to Glencore’s largest source of zinc concentrate, as well as being one of the largest zinc mines in the world. Our zinc assets consist of two underground mines, two open cut mines, a zinc-lead concentrator and filter plant, a lead smelter, and supporting services.
Our community development activities are a key part of our commitment to the Mount Isa community. These programmes help us develop partnerships with local community organisations, and give us the opportunity to support local art and culture, education, enterprise and job creation, environment, social and community development, and health initiatives.
Since 2005, we have invested about $33 million through our community development projects and initiatives across our north Queensland communities spanning Mount Isa, Cloncurry, Camooweal, Bowen and Townsville.
You can find out more about Mount Isa mining at
Mt Isa Hard Times Mine Tour
We went underground in a replica of the big mine in Isa. We went 20 metres below the surface in a mine elevator and then walked the mine drives. We had tea and pasties in the crib
Hard Times Mine Tour
Hard Times Mine Tour
Mt Isa George Fisher Nipper
Driving underground at George Fisher from 10l to 12l
Mount Isa - The City You Haven't See Yet
Promotional video filmed in 2011.
DOP: Rex Nicholson
Editor: Pat Josse
Sini Ariell Mount Isa mine.
via YouTube Capture
Mount isa 1939
mount isa 1939! old days
Ben and Liam explore Mount Isa's mines
Ben and Liam explore the underground rave caves of Mount Isa. #triplejONS
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Mount Isa & Cloncurry travel video guide Queensland Australia
We visited Mount Isa, the only city in outback Australia.
Described as the Oasis of the Outback - a gleaming mirage on the horizon for travellers from all directions - Mount Isa nestles among the ochre-red Selwyn Ranges, on the banks of the Leichhardt River.
Mount Isa has grown from strength to strength over the years but the harsh picturesque landscape has barely changed, becoming one of the main draw-cards for visitors each year. Mount Isa brings out the adventurous spirit in everyone, with ample places to fish, camp, four wheel drive, or relax and enjoy an Outback sunset. The rugged terrain is a four wheel driver's haven, and visitors can explore the region just as the pioneers of the region did many years ago.
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John Flynn Place Museum & Art Gallery
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Outback at Isa
Hardtimes Mine tour
The outback Queensland city of Mount Isa, mining area, vulnerable for flash floods
Mount Isa Region
The outback Queensland city of Mount Isa has been cut in two by floodwaters following heavy rainfall.
Mount Isa (/ˈaɪzə/ eye-zə) is a city in the Gulf Country region of Queensland, Australia. It came into existence because of the vast mineral deposits found in the area. Mount Isa Mines (MIM) is one of the most productive single mines in world history, based on combined production of lead, silver, copper and zinc.[3]
With an estimated urban population of 21,821 as at June 2015,[1] Mount Isa is the administrative, commercial and industrial centre for the state's vast north-western region. Although situated in an arid area, the artificial Lake Moondarra[4] 19 kilometres (12 mi) north of the city on the Leichhardt River provides both drinking water and an area for watersports, birdwatching and recreation. Locals often refer to Mount Isa as The Isa.[5]
Due to the lead production in the city, Mount Isa has one of the most intensive air quality monitoring systems in Australia.[6] Concerns have been raised over childhood lead contamination and air pollution within the city.[7
More than 100mm has fallen over the city since Thursday t Isa Post Office opened on 1 August 1924.[10]
A location for the town's hospital was chosen in 1929, with a small building completed the following year.[11] In 1931, a larger structure was moved to the site from the closed mining town of Kuridala.[11]
Heritage listings[edit]
Mount Isa has a number of heritage-listed sites, including:
Camooweal Street: Underground Hospital[12]
Camooweal Street: Tent House[13][14]
Mount Isa Mining District: Bower Bird Battery[15]
on Mount Isa Mine Lease: Mount Isa Mine Early Infrastructure[16]
Nettle Street: Casa Grande[17]
Governance[edit]
Mount Isa at local level is part of the City of Mount Isa, at state level is part of the electoral district of Mount Isa in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland, and at federal level is part of the Division of Kennedy in the Australian House of Representatives. The mayor of Mount Isa, after the 2015 Local Government Elections, is Joyce Mccullough. The City of Mount Isa LGA jurisdiction, covering 43,188 km2[18] (17th largest in Queensland), is one of the largest in the world in terms of area[citation needed] and takes in the border town of Camooweal, 188 km (117 mi) to the north-west of Mount Isa and 12 km (7.5 mi) from the border of the Northern Territory.
Local industry and business[edit]
Mount Isa's industry is largely dependent on mining. Xstrata Plc operates the Mount Isa Mines lease adjacent to the city, which comprises the Enterprise underground copper mine, X41 underground copper mine, Black Star Open Cut silver-lead zinc mine, and metallurgical processing facilities. Silver-lead-zinc ore is also mined 20 km (12 mi) to the north at Hilton from the George Fisher underground mine, and the adjoining Handlebar Hill open cut, which is trucked back to Mount Isa for processing.
Mount Isa is in the top two of the largest copper mining and smelting operations in the country.[19] Copper and lead are smelted on site, with copper anodes and zinc concentrate being transported 900 km (560 mi) to the city and port of Townsville on the east coast. The lead ingots are transported to a refinery in Britain where the silver is extracted. The mine is the most significant landmark in the area, with the stack from the lead smelter (built 1978), standing 270 m tall, visible from all parts of the city and up to 40 km (25 mi) out.[citation needed]
In 2008 a Queensland Health report found that more than 10% of children in Mount Isa had blood lead levels above World Health Organization recommendations. The mining operator Xstrata denied responsibility and stated that the town has naturally high levels of lead in the soil.[20] However, aafternoon and one car was swept off a causeway.
Senior Sergeant Jeff Magnus told ABC radio motorists should stay at home, saying if it's flooded, forget.
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Mount Isa, QLD Australia
Cycling in Mount Isa. Road Cycling. Streets of Mount Isa
The Tragedy Of Mount Isa - 1965
Mount Isa, today very much a ghost town rather than Australia's largest copper producer and major source of lead and zinc. The industrial dispute stretching into months of deadlock has caused a complete shutdown of underground mining, and the resultant economic repercussion are little short of disastrous. Every working day this huge plant lies idle costs Australia a loss in export income of 135,000. Obviously, millions of pounds are involved. Intervening, the Queensland Govenment issued emergency orders in Council, principally aimed at preventing Labour Council President, McMahon, and unofficials miner's leader, Pat Mackie from returning to Mount Isa, after Trade union-Fund Raising discussions in Sydney. This is a memorial to Campbell Miles, who first discovered mineral in the Mount Isa area in 1923. In those days isa was a cattle town and transit point for the wide-spread stations throughout the channel country. It was, and still is, a hard, rugged expanse which could perhaps best enjoy the typical description of a thirsty brown land. The hill country on the outskirts of Mount Isa, where prospectors search for the bonanza, and which, when it was found, turned out to be a virtual mountain of copper. Active mining commenced in 1932, and the first signs of a vast industry began to show. Isolated from civilization, the attraction of big money brought miners to work, and then to stay, with their families to work, as the town continued its growth. Preparing for compulsory conferences aimed at settlement, representatives of unions involved. JACK DEVERAUX, HARRY PEEBLES and COL. EMERY. Another official involved, the President of the Queensland Trades and Labour Council JACK EGERTON seen here with PAT MACKIE.
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MT ISA MINI TOUR -- OUTBACK AUSTRALIA - walking and driving around
Hi. This is just me walking and driving around the Australian outback village of Mount Isa, mumbling to myself :) Currently living in Ho Chi MInh City so yes i made it out alive (if you travel here let me know we can meet up). much love.
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Mt Isa named Australia's most polluted city
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Mount Isa Mines
A visit to the huge Mount Isa mining operation. Both open cut and shaft mining for lead, silver, copper and zinc.
Action at the buffs....Mt Isa Australia
You can't see much but you can surely hear her....