Smoking Chimney - 9 Mile, Lightning Ridge, NSW
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Tuena
S 29° 24.797 E 147° 53.555
55J E 586590 N 6745893
A sandstone chimney located on an abandoned opal mine in the area known as the 9 mile.
Waymark Code: WMP1YY
Location: New South Wales, Australia
Date Posted: 06/13/2015
Views: 6
Opal mining areas such as this are called camps & here you will find active & abandoned mines & shacks of all descriptions.
The chimney was used by a miner to smoke his food & according to a local, there was never a shack attached to it. Food smoked would have included chickens, emu, kangaroo, feral pigs, sheep & goats. I've tasted emu & you would need to boil it for a week before smoking it!
Watch your step as there are many deep mine shafts in the area & not all are covered.
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