DENMARK HILL AREA FROM ABOVE
Overlay: QGIS Vectors (Alister J Cameron)
Underlay: Qld Globe (Ausmap)
MINING MAP OF CITY COLLIERY AREA
"To The Scenic Rim"
Greg Cash
ARHS(QLD) 2019
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TRACK PLAN CITY COLLIERY
"To The Scenic Rim"
Greg Cash
ARHS(QLD) 2019
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Lower (Southern) Colliery Area
SURVEYING OF RAILWAY SIDING FOR IPSWICH CITY COLLIERY c1913
Report of W.E. Cameron, Assistant Government Geologist
The Ipswich Coalfield
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Annual Report of the Under Secretary of Mines
1913
CITY COLLIERY c1914
Coal bunkers are on left and engine-house is on the right.
Queensland Government Mining Journal,
1914, Vol, 15, p, 236,)
CITY COLLIERY 1920s
Photo: Angela Geerstma
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ENTRANCE TO THE SECOND PIT OF FORMER MT ELLIOTT COLLIERY SOME YEARS AFTER CLOSURE.
It was at the end of the QR siding.
Photo: Keith McDonald
"To The Scenic Rim 1"
Greg Cash
ARHS Qld
APPROXIMATE PLACE WHERE SIDING LEFT THE BRANCH 2019
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SITE OF SIDING VIEWED FROM A SPOIL HEAP LOOKING SOUTH-WEST 2019
Moffatt Street can be seen in the distance.
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LOOKING NORTH-EAST ACROSS MOFFATT STREET TOWARDS SITE OF SIDING 2015
Was situated either on far verge of road or vegetation next to it.
It ended around about the end of the mowed area.
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CONCRETE FOUNDATION; PROBABLY RELATED TO A FORMER WINDING ENGINE 2019
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REMAINS OF SQUARE-SHAPED SHAFT 2019
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CLOSEUP OF SHAFT 2019.
Some local wildlife can be seen at the bottom.
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LARGE COIL OF HEAVY, RUSTED CABLE 2019
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REMAINS OF RIVETTED IRON WATER TANK 2019
Common of many mine sites of the region
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REMAINS OF A TIMBER BUILDING OR OTHER STRUCTURE 2019
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Upper Colliery Area
CONCRETE STRUCTURAL SUPPORTS IN MINE AREA 2019
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REMAINS OF POSSIBLE SHAFT NEARBY 2019
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REMAINS OF SHAFT WITH SIX-SIDED SURROUNDS 2020
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SHAFT OR MINE ENTRANCE 2020
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VIEWED FROM FURTHER BACK SHOWING REMAINS OF TIMBER STRUCTURES NEARBY 2020
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CONCRETE FOUNDATIONS OF WHAT WAS POSSIBLY AN ENGINE SHED 2020
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A FEW BRICKS ARE ALL THAT REMAIN OF STRUCTURES IN THIS AREA 2019
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VARIOUS LEFTOVERS FROM THE MINING ERA 2015
In this case mainly corrugated iron.
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BANKS OF COAL AND SPOIL CAN BE FOUND EVERYWHERE IN THIS AREA 2020
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Tramway
APPROXIMATE AREA WHERE TRAMWAY COMMENCED 2019
A bitumen walking path has been constructed along the former allignment.
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FURTHER SOUTH ALONG ALLIGNMENT 2019
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ALLIGNMENT STARTS TO CURVE AROUND HIGH GROUND 2019
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ALLIGNMENT CONTINUES TO CURVE TOWARDS THE WEST 2019
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ALLIGNMENT CONTINUES ON THE CURVE 2019
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ALLIGNMENT TRAVELS WEST THROUGH SHALLOW CUTTING 2019
Gully and site of trestle bridge is in the far distance.
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REMAINS OF THE TRESTLE BRIDGE OVER GULLY 2019
The tramway travelled south-west at this point.
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A CLOSE-UP OF THE REMAINING PILES 2019
Shows evidence of fires over many years.
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LOOKING WEST ALONG PROBABLE ALLIGNMENT 2019
Much of this area has been filled and levelled.
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Steep Slope Area
STEEP SOUTHWARD-FACING SLOPE BELOW END OF TRAMWAY 2019
Coal would have been transported by some means downwards to loaders on the siding at the bottom.
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LOOKING SOUTH FROM TOP OF SLOPE 2019
Thick vegetation masks any mining structures that may remain.
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FURTHER DOWN SLOPE REMAINS OF FORMER COAL-LOADING RAMP A FEW YEARS AFTER CLOSURE.
Looking southwards from uphill.
Note Sandy Creek Bridge in distance on right.
Photo: Keith McDonald
"To The Scenic Rim 1"
Greg Cash
ARHS Qld
LOWER SLOPE FACING WEST 2019.
In amongst the rampant weeds are timber stumps.
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POSSIBLE REMAINS OF FORMER TIMBER RAMP LOOKING NORTH UPHILL 2019
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CLOSUP OF ONE OF TIMBER STUMPS COMPLETE WITH REMAINING IRONWORK 2019.
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