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large rocky outcrop as a shelter and as a wintering place for bats

A slate mine with a nice rest area and information board.

This evidence of the former slate mining in the Baybachtal can be found in several places.

The mine path begins with Jupp, the miner carved out of wood, who is a symbol of the miners from Morshausen who mined ore in the lower Theresia mine from 1859 to 1886. The ores were brought to St. Goarshausen-Fellen for smelting. From the Theresia ore mine, the mouth hole of the lowest tunnel at Baybach level near the colliery house, which was built in 1860 for 12 miners and miners, has been preserved and one at the spoil heap level. The various tunnels extended from 250 meters to 20 meters into the mountain and were 10 to 15 meters wide.

Even if it's tempting: Don't go in (even if the cave is open) and disturb the bats, because then they might not survive hibernation!

Old slate quarry that was left to the bats. The entrance is barred and cannot be entered.

Quaint resting place right next to the former entrance to a former slate tunnel.

Theresia ore mine From 1859 to 1886, lead, silver, copper and zinc ore were mined from the spoil dump of the lower tunnel sole of the former "Erzgrube Theresia" and transported to St.Goar-Fellen for smelting. The upper tunnel sole reached about 20m into the mountain, the deep tunnel bottom, from the Baybachtal, approx. 250 m. The passages in the mountain followed the ore veins and were in places 10 to 15 meters wide. Because of "impossibility" and inefficiency, the operators stopped mining ore after only 27 years During the Second World War, many Morshausen citizens sought protection in the abandoned tunnels from the artillery fire of the advancing American troops Murscher ores and their origin Around 400 million years ago, the rocks were sediment from the seabed. The layers of different materials (sand and clay) deposited and solidified over millions of years. During the mountain formation 400-200 million years ago, the solid layers were folded into a mountain range by the continental shifts. This folding resulted in deep cracks and cavities. Hot, highly mineralized water made its way up along this path, and over time various minerals crystallized from the water and filled the cavities. The minerals include iron, zinc and lead ores, which were mined as ore veins in the period from 1859 to 1886. Source: Text information board