Sparwood Mine Tours


Useful Information

Location: Sparwood Info Centre, on Highway 3
Open: APR to JUN group tours after appointment.
JUL to AUG daily.
SEP to OCT group tours after appointment.
[2007]
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Address: Sparwood Mine Tours, Sparwood Info Centre, Highway 3, Sparqood.
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History

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Description

At Sparwood, right in the middle of the village stands a truck in a small park. Its not a common truck, its the Terex Titan, the world's largest dump truck which weighs 350 tonnes. This truck is used in the nearby Sparwood open pit coal mine, which is operated by the Elkview Coal Corporation.