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In 2018, it was announced that
Hermidale is the site of a new multi-user rail siding that will accommodate trains up to 1,200 metres long. It will enable trains to be loaded more efficiently, while other trains pass on the rail line. The new siding will result in 33,000 tonnes of freight each year
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but the opening of the
Budgery Copper Mine brought some prosperity to the village from around 1906. In 1923, mining became uneconomic due to low copper prices and the Budgery Mining Co. went into liquidation. By 1924, all levels of the mine were flooded; the mine water contained dissolved copper
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There were many mines near
Hermidale, the most important of which was the Budgery Copper Mine (north-west of the village). There were also some small gold mines in the far west of the modern-day locality, around Muriel Tank. Hermidale was initially the rail connection location for the mines at
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salts and copper was extracted from it. There was also a village of
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