The Schieferkaut near Königsberg was one of the mines in the Lahn-Dill area. It was a small roofing slate mine and was maintained around 1885 by a local citizen who, with 4 - 8 miners, mined around 500 to 800 "rice" in the summer months. More in the video with the mining engineer Franz Gareis: biebertal.tv/forward/video.php?id=75

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Schieferkaut near Königsberg was also one of the mines in the Lahn-Dill area. It was a small roofing slate pit and was maintained around 1885 by a local citizen who, with 4 - 8 miners, mined around 500 to 800 "rice" in the summer months. More in the video with mining engineer Franz Gareis.
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An old mine from the Lahn-Dill area.

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