Gold Mine
| Location: | Pine Creek |
| Open: | no restrictions |
| Fee: | free [2004] |
| Classification: |
Gold Mine
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| Light: | n/a |
| Dimension: | D=135m. |
| Guided tours: | n/a |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: | Mine Lookout, Pine Creek, Northern Territory, 0847 |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:16:02 $ |
| 1870 | workers found gold digging holes for telegraph poles. | |
| 1906 | Enterprise Shaft opened. | |
| 1985 | open cast mine opened. | |
| 1994 | mine closed. |
Enterprise Hill on the Pine Creek Goldfields was mined for gold in an open cast mine, called Enterprise mine. The 135m deep pit was abandoned in 1994 and is now filled with ground water. During its operation the mine produced 764,000 ounces of gold.
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