Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Broken Hill Town & Line of Lode Pano, NSW, 08.07.2007.jpg

Broken Hill & Line of Lode Mine

Original - Broken Hill, NSW, one of Australia's iconic mining towns, backed by the man-made mullock heaps from the Line of Lode mine (the mullock heaps are the 'hills' that stretch across this image). Over 800 workers lost their lives working this mine.

Reason: What blew me away when I went to Broken Hill was that the town was built around, but not on, these enormous denuded hills. When I looked into it I found out that the 'hills' were actually the mullock heap (waste heap) from the century plus of mining operations, and the town has simply formed around it. I reckon this image does a pretty good job of capturing the feel of the place and showing the scale of the mining operations.
Articles this image appears in: Broken Hill, New South Wales
Mining in Australia
City of Broken Hill
Broken Hill Ore Deposit
Creator: jjron

Support as nominator jjron (talk) 04:50, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Well done. —αἰτίας •discussion• (Happy new year!) 05:34, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support It does a great job of conveying the scene, but the trees, and to a lesser extent the dirt, look unsharp.--Here T oHelp 12:56, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support Great image and adds value to many articles!--Mbz1 (talk) 15:29, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per Mbz Muhammad Mahdi Karim (talk) 16:39, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above. S♦s♦e♦b♦a♦l♦l♦o♦s ^{(Talk to Me)} 22:01, 31 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Weak support Valuable image. Unfortunately telephone lines span a large portion of foreground. I still like it enough to stand behind the nom. Durova^Charge! 05:55, 1 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support Encyclopedic and technically decent. Would make a fine FP. --Shark face 217 05:04, 2 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Support - I like the flock of white birds in flight. Also, further proof that mining is a terrible thing. Saudade7 04:19, 4 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]
- Not to get too off-topic, but without any form of mining, we'd all be living in the stone age... ;-) Diliff | (Talk) (Contribs) 07:52, 5 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted Image:Broken Hill Town & Line of Lode Pano, NSW, 08.07.2007.jpg MER-C 02:13, 8 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]