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Mount Garnet
On the Savannah Way west of Ravenshoe, Mount Garnet is a small former mining town surrounded by open woodland, cattle country and places to fossick for gems and minerals.
The town developed after copper and garnets were discovered in the area in 1882. Mining continued into the early 1900s before the Mount Garnet Freehold Copper and Silver Mining Company closed, with activity returning when tin mining began in 1928.
Mining remains part of the district today, with zinc, copper, lead, silver and lime among the resources extracted in the area. For visitors, Mount Garnet is also a base for fossicking, birdwatching and exploring the western reaches of the Atherton Tablelands.
