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thumbnail Wheal Hughes was a copper mine in the 19th century, but is now a tourist attraction in Moonta, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. The mine is named after Walter Watson Hughes a Scottish sea captain who had emigrated to South Australia in 1840 and purchased land in the vicinity of Moonta for keeping sheep. Minerals were discovered on his property at Moonta in 1860 by James Boor, a shepherd working for Hughes at the time .〔(Flinders Ranges Research - History of Wheal Hughes )〕 One of the first mines to be discovered in the area, it remained workable as an underground mine until 1868, producing large quantities of copper and significant amounts of gold. Further deposits were extracted for a short time in 1890. .〔( Poona and Wheal Hughes - Geological Survey )〕 It was subsequently worked using open-cut techniques between 1990 and 1993, and eventually reopened in 1998 as tourist attraction. It is now run by the Moonta Branch National Trust of SA in conjunction with other venues: (Tourist Train ), (Miners Cottage ), (Museum ), (Old Fashioned Sweet Shop ) and (Local & Family History Centre ). Visitors can go underground to see the tunnels and large stopes. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Wheal Hughes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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