Moonta, within the Copper Triangle, is a small South Australian town steeped in copper mining history. There are many old buildings still standing that were used in the mining and smelting of ore in the 19^th century. Huge slag heaps overlook the old mining shafts and the surrounding land poisoned by the mining process and the sulphuric acid poured into pools on top of the heaps to leach any remaining copper from the slag. These were the days before occupational health and safety for workers and environmental protection.

Photo’s taken with my Canon 600D and Fujifilm X-E1 with an 8mm fish eye lens.

Engine house at the back is the mine shaft and a huge slag heap

Part of the ore crusher ruins

Within one of the buildings next to the engine house

The smelter and old boiler

A brick wall and flagstones below stained green from leached copper

Erosion of slag heap

Standing on top of slag heap using an 8mm fish eye lens

Path to the top of the slag heap looking down on the engine house using an 8mm fish eye lens