This short walk was built in 2023 as a memorial to miners who have died or been injured. The memorial also includes a glass covered shaft that is lit to be visible at night. The stages and final are also lit at night.
From the sign at the listed coordinates follow the path past another 3 signs and note the numbers to use in the finding the final container.
The cache is located at S 20° G.OLD' E 146° MI.NER'
@At the listed coordinates locate the sign ' Welcome to the Charters Towers Miners Memorial Walk'.
....safety record of Queensland mines has greatly improved since 191N,
CHARTER TOWERS - 1872-187O - Shalllow Reef Mining - ('O' is a letter not zero)
@Follow the cement path around to the second waypoint and locate the sign with 'Miners Health' and 'Noteworthy legacies' panels'
On the right legacies panel, 'The Charter Towers Ambulance Brigade formed in 190L',
On the left 'Miners Health' Panel note the Number of Ace family children - 2 = G
@Follow the cement path around to the third waypoint and locate the sign 'Deaths and Injuries'.
Identify the numbers on the sign that correspond with the letters in the table.
| Cause |
Deaths |
Injuries |
| Falls of Rock |
4E |
236 |
| Explosions |
D1 |
64 |
| Shafts, Winzes* and Passes |
5R |
219 |
| Machinery |
|
34 |
| Miscellaneous causes |
15 |
137 |
*A winze is a minor connection between different levels in a mine.
@Follow the path back to the fourth waypoint on the boardwalk and locate the sign "Our worst loss of life'
'All the men died quickly. The tragedy made for.....'
MI = Number of Orphans - Number of Widows
All stages are within a short walking distance (about a 50m radius) on formed paths. Final cache is a gold tin accessible from the boardwalk, it contained a pen and log only. Maybe an un-activated Christmas trackable.