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Don't go there, MRT warns

WITH more than 4000 identified abandoned legacy mines dotted around Tasmania, and a likely significant number of unrecorded sites on its west coast and far northeast, Mineral Resources Tasmania warns that the best way to avoid potential injury or worse, is for people to not enter abandoned mine sites in the first place.

 The old Duco tin mine in Tasmania

The old Duco tin mine in Tasmania

Tasmania has a colourful mining history that dates back to early European settlement, with abandoned sites including basic hand-tool workings, prospects and mechanised mines that operated for decades....

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