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Old Bolla Bollana Smelters - SA

Old Bolla Bollana Smelters

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Position

DEG: -30.295469 139.271439

DMS: 30º 17' 43.69" S 139º 16' 17.18" E

UTM: 54 J 6647208mN 333768mE

Altitude: 446.1m

Address & Contact

Four Mile Track Arkaroola SA

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Web: http://www.southaustralianhistory.com/bolla.htm

Information

There are many small copper deposits in the Flinders Ranges and mining was carried out in the area from the 1860s. Blinmin was the largest mine in the Flinders and completed construction of the Bolla Bollana smelter in December 1873.

It is a fascinating history which tells of insurmountable obstacles to be overcome in the mining and smelting of copper, one of which was the isolation of the area. The above link gives a more detailed overview of the smelter at Bolla Bollana.

Today, there is the beehive kiln still to be seen among other relics from this part of the copper mining history in the Flinders Ranges.

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Closest Weather Station

Arkaroola at 01/03:00pm CST

Distance from Old Bolla Bollana Smelters 6.4km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
20.0°C	18.6°C	48%	8.7°C	hPa	0.0mm	SSE	6km/hr 3knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Arkaroola

Distance from Old Bolla Bollana Smelters 6.4km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	34.3	33.2	29.8	25.2	20.2	16.8	16.5	19.0	23.3	26.5	30.0	32.6
Mean Min. °C	20.1	19.3	15.8	11.1	7.1	4.4	3.3	4.6	8.1	11.6	15.5	17.7
Mean Rain mm	33.3	39.1	31.1	14.3	17.2	15.0	15.2	14.2	15.3	19.4	17.8	24.8