Lindsay’s Pit Coolgardie, Western Australia 

Disappointed that I couldn't fly my drone over the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, we traveled to Coolgardie to visit an abandoned open-cut gold mine called Lindsay’s Pit, to the North of the town. After flying over the pit, I flew the drone over a large area North of town that used to be a suburb, but now all that is left is the impression of where the streets had been.The mine was named after G.S.Lindsay, brother-in-law of explorer David Lindsay.During the gold rush in the 1890s, Lindsay and three Afghan cameleers drove 50 camels from South Australia to Coolgardie, selling them for a considerable profit. He then turned to prospecting, with the aid of a prospector called Joe Tregear and an Aboriginal youth they named "Palmer" and discovered gold at the site of what is now Lindsay’s Pit.It was actually Palmer who discovered the gold. However, soon after, Lindsay contracted typhoid, and sold the lease.During the life of the mine, until April 1991, it yielded 1,234 kg of gold.