ALADDIN'S CAVE OF COPPER.
ADELAIDE, April 10. South Australia, whirfj in earlier dave was something in the nature of :in. AJnddin"e cave for copper—i::j3.ooo u<h) worth 'bein- produced—is looking inio the poseibilitr of reopening mine* that were neffleo(e<l when the price of copper wae low. Tiie three richest jn-oups of mines were Moonta-Wallaroo-Kadina Burra. ajid Kapundn. There « etrong support in eaoh of these northern dis-t-z-k-ts for the revival of copper mining, now that, the war has sent the pri<v sonrinjr. !>ut M\w.< Department opinion is that ore reserves do not warrant the expenditure that wtuild !ic involved. One "f the main aims of a revival at Moonta would l,p. to al>-orh some of
tlie (Chitrirt'n iiiniiPi-niis unpinploycd Many nipii have l.oon wnrkle<w for ve'iir-
siruv the decline of earlier minin-r activities. The Ornish miner* of Mnonia in pioneering days of mining there remain an mitstotmtin? tradition of Sonnh A-urtralia. JT<v*rrta h -ra-Tno-ne nKkc I<rr Hβ Cornifh enrols and copper.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 6
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159ALADDIN'S CAVE OF COPPER. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 93, 19 April 1940, Page 6
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