Settling Tank Nr Mt Whaleback
Yet more red earth and blue sky!
This thing is a settling tank, which is used to get really fine particles of iron ore out of suspension. Imagine a muddy river and all the stuff that is making the mud look, well, muddy. Well that stuff is still worth money, so it needs separating from the solution, and that what this device would do. Over time the particles sink to the bottom and the particles are then scooped off the bottom of the tank.
To put the scale of the settling tank into perspective, bottom left is a big-ish 4X4. I have no idea what I was standing on at the time 
Where is this located I hear you ask……not far from the big hole at Mt Whaleback:
http://www.erocks.co.uk/10/mount-whaleback-western-australia/
I think it is not far from an ore body called Marra Mamba. But if someone calls me on that and suggests I am talking rubbish, I will hold my hand up….I am doing this from memory.
November 7th, 2005 at 5:01 pm
Or this could be one massive swimming pool out in the middle of the outback. Tidy it up a bit, build a big hotel and you’ve made it!
November 8th, 2005 at 10:33 am
You could have something there charlie. With that thing on the left being conveyor belt up to the top of the diving boards.
Also with the fine brown/red iron ore, you would not need fake tan of your own as you would be permanently red/red
November 11th, 2005 at 2:58 pm
that is a nice photo! the best ive seen so far here! and compare the size of that reservoir to the size of the car on the left bottom - that reservoir has to be gigantic!
December 16th, 2005 at 1:04 pm
More to come, please keep coming back. I am trying to get some pictures from a mining buddy, who has been in the goldfields in South Africa, right after he has been to the pub!