About Mount Isa, Queensland
Mount Isa
is a city and Local Government Area
located in north western Queensland,
Australia. It came into existence
for the single reason that underneath
it and around it, there are vast mineral
deposits to be extracted, principally
by mining.
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The city can be said
to have come into existence soon after
1923 when a John Campbell Miles discovered
a rich seam of silver-lead deposit
on the western edge of the Cloncurry
field. Copper and zinc are also mined.
Copper, Lead (and silver) are smelted
on site, with annodes and zinc concentrate
being transported the 900 kilometres
to the city and port of Townsville
on the east coast. The mine is the
most significant landmark in the area,
with the stack from the lead smelter,
standing 265 metres, visible from
all parts of the town.
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