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Ore Bins under construction. Lawlor Shaft, Rio Grande Orebody. 27th September 1930. This orebody was developed to bring the surface to be dumped into the bins. From these bins a train would take this ore around to a Glory Hole in the Black Star mine and dump the ore down to 4 Level Haulage. Around this time disaster struck the 4 Level Drive due to cutting into a huge aquifer and the water inflow was uncontrollable. The miners were sent elsewhere while the water inrush was being controlled. The miners started out to cut a downhill drive from 4 Level in the Rio Grande to a meet up with the 4 Level Haulage drive from Black Star Mine to No. 1 Ore Shaft, Urquhart Shaft. This made the surface operation at Lawlor Shaft redundant

MOUNT ISA MINES LIMITED. The following progress report has been receded from the Mine Superintendent of Mount Isa Mines Limited for the period ended November 15 :— Lawler Shaft.—Rio Grande lode, 150ft. level: North drive was extended 14ft. 6in, total 103ft, from the main crosscut. Average assay values were 28.5 percent, lead, and 28.7oz. sliver per ton, over a width of 53in., with ore on both sides of the drive South drive was extended 16ft. to a total of 82ft., from the main crosscut, in ore averaging 25.6 percent, lead, and 23oz. silver per ton, over a width of 47in., with ore on both sides of the drive. Diamond drill borehole No. 1 was sunk 57ft., to a total depth of 197ft. below the surface, and cased to 90ft. In hard shale and ironstone. Source: "The Brisbane Currier" 30 Nov 1926 trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/21087400#

There are a lot of online photos of SS Zephyr at the State Library of Western Australia. I have found many newspaper references on the Trove website as well. Zephyr operated on the Swan River well into the late 1930s it would seem. As well as operating as an excursion ferry on the Swan, it also made regular trips to Rottnest Island. Remarkably in February 1908 there is a detailed account of an ocean excursion from Perth to Rockingham, which is some 45 km south of Perth on the coast trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/77335752

Nev Thanks for the links & info! We've added it all to our collection records :)

The SS Zephyr operated regularly to Rottenest Island and later Garden Island until the 1960's. It eventually sank or was scuttled in the mouth of the Canning River. Rowan Holgate

SS Zephyr was built in Brisbane and eventually steamed to Fremantle.

Rowan Holgate Thanks Rowan - by any chance did you have a connection with the vessel? If so, it would good to follow-up with you. You can email web@anmm.gov.au if you'd like to pass on any other information directly. We love hearing about personal stories.

This is not Christ of the Andes. It is Christ the Redeemer statue.

Thanks!

This photo is not from Jesus Christ of Rio de Janeiro See the difference in sculpture en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue)