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Siciliaschacht Mining Museum Meggen

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Lennestadt

Siciliaschacht Mining Museum Meggen

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Siciliaschacht Mining Museum Meggen

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Location: Lennestadt, Kreis Olpe, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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July 20, 2023

The Meggen mine

For a long time, the Meggen mine was one of the largest pyrite, zinc ore and barite mines in the world. Its beginnings go back over 140 years. Since 1890, the white pigment "Lithopone" has been produced from Meggen barite and zinc lye in the sister company "Sachtleben-Chemie" in Duisburg-Homberg.

Ore mining ended in 1992 due to exhaustion of economically recoverable reserves. The museum is housed in the former "Sicilia" mine, which has been completely preserved, and provides information with numerous exhibits with understandable texts and a film about the mining processes, the processing of the ores and the further processing of the concentrates. One of the two conveyor machines can be set in motion. The work of the miners is explained in a tunnel.

bergbaumuseum-siciliaschacht.de

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July 20, 2023

The pit includes:

the brand control with the information center
the head frame with the shaft hall and the conveyor vessel
the two winders with the workstations of the machinists
the compressors
the mine warden
various mine vehicles

opening hours

The museum is open on Sundays from 3pm to 6pm.

entrance fees

Adults €2.50

Children €1.00

Families €5.00

groups on request

bergbaumuseum-siciliaschacht.de/index.php/besucherinfos/opening-times

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June 7, 2020

For a long time, the Meggen mine was one of the largest pebble, zinc ore and heavy spar mines in the world. Its beginnings go back over 140 years. In 1992 ore mining ended due to the exhaustion of economically recoverable stocks.
Source: Bergbaumuseum-siciliaschacht.de

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Location: Lennestadt, Kreis Olpe, Arnsberg District, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

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