WORKING PLAN KLONDYKE MINE AREA 1948
Note the dump sidings for disposing of rail rubbish.
The siding at the bottom changed allignment according to need.
Map S175
Source: Qld Railways Archives
1946 AERIAL PHOTO KLONDYKE MINE AREA
RAAF4-35623
The State of Queensland (Department of Natural Resources and Mines) 2016
FROM ABOVE: KLONDYKE MINE AREA
QGIS Vectors; based on 1948 working plan (Alister J Cameron)
Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
IPSWICH WORKSHOPS NORTH-WEST ACCESS 2010
Note the two gates.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ACCESS AREA FROM GROUND LEVEL 2004
Rails and apparatus are still present, though overgrown.
John McCandless Lost Ipswich
VIEW FROM FURTHER NORTH EARLY 2000s
Note position of sign on right hand side.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
AREA DURING REDEVELOPMENT 2011
Note that one gate has been removed and sign apparently moved to a different position.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING NORTH FROM SITE OF REMOVED GATE 2013
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FURTHER NORTH 2004
In distance, tree behind pole marks the position of former mine siding.
Passes under right hand part of tree.
John McCandless Lost Ipswich
FROM A MORE ELEVATED POSITION LOOKING NORTH 1991
After curving around tree Klondyke mine siding passed through a dead-end cutting.
By this time dump siding has been removed.
Picture Ipswich
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SAME AREA AT A LATER DATE 2014
Very overgrown.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Klondyke Siding
KLONDYKE COLLIERY GANTRY c1928
Tramway in front leads directly uphill from a shaft. The small mine hoppers have been delivering coal to the much larger QR hoppers underneath
Picture Ipswich
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FROM ANOTHER ANGLE c1928
Tunnel portal can just be seen bottom left. Note also how rugged the landscape is.
Picture Ipswich
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PHOTO TAKEN FROM A MORE ELEVATED POSITION c1928
In the far distance upper right are the remains of the Second Mihi Crossing bridge.
Picture Ipswich
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REMAINING BUILDINGS OF KLONDYKE MINE 1970
Picture Ipswich
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KLONDYKE MINE REMAINS FROM AN ELEVATED POSITION 1970
Looking south-west.
Ipswich Workshops can be seen in difference include the very dominant sawmill structure.
Line on right is the Mihi dump siding.
Picture Ipswich
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BURNING KLONDYKE SITE BEING DOUSED 1999
Would have obliterated many of the features.
Picture Ipswich
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SITE OF KLONDYKE SIDING 2017
Area now well mown.
Rails passed under right hand side of the now large tree, before subsequently entering cutting.
Area of trees behind and to the right of the other tree was a significant portion of the mine site.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ENTRANCE TO MINE CUTTING 2013
Single rail can just be seen.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
END OF MINE CUTTING 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF END OF CUTTING 2018
Note the dislocated rails.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF RAILS 2013
No markings can be discerned on any of the rails.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
LOOKING BACK SOUTH TOWARDS ENTRANCE TO CUTTING 2017
Photo: Alister J Cameron
BACK FURTHER SOUTH BESIDE THE TREE 2004
The rails can just be seen through the grass.
John McCandless Lost Ipswich
28 May
SIMILAR LOCATION IN 2013
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Klondyke Ovens
KLONDYKE COKE OVENS c1928
Picture Ipswich
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WORKERS POSING IN FRONT OF COKE OVENS c1928
Picture Ipswich
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ABANDONED OVENS 1970
Picture Ipswich
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REMAINS OF OVENS EARLY 2000s
By this stage stone surrounds have been removed.
Alister J Cameron
KLONDYKE OVENS ARE BEHIND THIS RETAINING WALL 2014.
Cinder block construction.
Alister J Cameron
BANK OF OVENS AFTER VEGETATION HAS BEEN REMOVED 2010
Photo: Alister J Cameron
FROM THE TOP 2010
Note the Mihi Pedestrian Bridge in background.
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP OF ONE OF OVENS 2010
Photo: Alister J Cameron
Area North-West of Main Mihi Area
UNKNOWN STRUCTURE AT NORTH-EAST CORNER OF ENCLOSURE 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
CLOSEUP; PHOTO TAKEN FROM THE TOP 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
ANOTHER PARTIALLY-DISMANTLED STRUCTURE NEARBY 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
OTHER PARTS OF THE STRUCTURE 2018
Photo: Alister J Cameron
