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What happens to old mines?

Abandoned mines can prove a hazard.

Andrew Snelling
An abandoned mine in Western Australia.

An abandoned mine in Western Australia.

The frontier nature of the Australian mining industry around its birth in the 1800s meant legislative requirements were virtually non-existent, leaving a number of legacy mines abandoned. This problem...

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