York Peninsula is the finger of the land in South Australia, located between Spencer Bay in the west and the Gulf of Saint Vincent in the east. It is about forty kilometers wide at the north end, narrowing to thirty kilometers wide at the south end, before it broke out to sixty kilometers at the southern base. From north to south peninsula length of about one hundred and ten kilometers. In appearance, it is similar to the boots of Italy, although on a much smaller scale.
York Peninsula is located west of Adelaide (the capital of South Australia), sixty kilometers from the water in St. Vincent's Bay. On the road, it is located about 80 kilometers from Adelaide to the top. This prosperity makes it a popular holiday destination for Adelaide residents, and on the York Peninsula there are many coastal cities and communities serving this tourist trade.
The interior of the peninsula is transferred to agriculture. The main crops are barley and wheat, and historical farming was the reason why the York peninsula was settled white in the 1840s. A necessary way to get grain on ships, many deep-water ports were installed on the coast. Basically, the shallow waters of the bays on both sides mean that the berths require long berths, and many of these aircraft still exist today, providing an interesting and unique feature of coastal cities. The increasing use of trucks and road transport means that moorings are not commercially used today.
The main cities of the York peninsula are Kadina and Mountta in the north; Maitland and Ardrossan in the middle; and Minlaton and Yorktown in the south.
In the 1860s, significant copper deposits were discovered in the north, and a mountain boom began. The region bounded by the cities of Kadin, Mountt and Valaru, became known as the copper triangle, in recognition of the extraction of mineral resources. The wider area, including the cities of Port Hughes and Paskeville, is also known as the Copper Coast.
Having no experience necessary for copper mining at the time, the SA government appeared in England for those who have experience of emigration to South Australia. Most of the arrivals were from Cornwall, which in itself was a key mining area in the UK. In addition to the mining experience, new immigrants also bought their own products and lifestyle. This influence led to the fact that the name “Little Cornwall” was applied to the northern regions of the York Peninsula.
The mining boom ended in the early 1900s, and the region returned to agriculture as its main export. Recent studies by geologists, however, have suggested that there may be vast, untapped reserves of copper and gold on the peninsula. I thought that he was a hundred meters away under the ground, it was inaccessible to the miners during the heyday of mining the York Peninsula. Using new, modern methods, such deposits are now being restored.
A serious debate about the desirability of new mines on the York Peninsula. Today, many of the prisoners are dependent on tourism, and, given, as a rule, the small size of the peninsula, he is afraid that renewed mining will have a detrimental effect on tourist trade. It is also argued that the commercial benefits of mining will apply only to the lucky few who own the land, and to external mining companies. There are no specific plans for the creation of new mines.
