Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain in Falun - UNESCO ...

uilt up in the 1400 th
century and later on added
with a tower in 1784 and
a new roof-top in 1899.
At the cemetary (below)
you can see the
tombestone of the worldfamous
miner "Fat" Mats
Israelsson, who died at
work in the Falun Mine
1677 and was found 42
years later, well preserved
by the conservating
vitriolic water in the
mine.
Slides from the Great Copper Mountain, Falun, Sweden
1 The Great Copper Mountain and the Town of Falun. Aerial photograph.
2 The Town of Falun. Aerial photograph.
3 Stora Stöten open-cast mine.
4 The Mine Museum.
5 The Mine Museum and the Town of Falun.
6 The Mine Museum and the Town of Falun.
7 Oscar's Headframe, Creutz's Headframe and Creutz's Wheel House.
8 Oscar's Headframe, Creutz's Headframe and Creutz's Wheel House.
9 Oscar's Headframe.
10 Oscar's Headframe.
11 The pump-rod system for Creutz's Headframe.
12 Creutz's Shaft.
13 Subterranean gallery.
14 Allmänna Freden ("Universal Peace").
15 Signatures commemorating royal visits to the mine.
16 Old stairway in the mine.
17 Interior of the Mine Museum.
18 The Ljungberg memorial gift.
19 A model of Korså bruk at the Mine Museum.
20 A model in the Mine Museum.
21 Interior of the Mine Museum.
22 Details from the Mine Museum.
23 Lock to a treasure-coffin from the 1700 th century.
24 Cerimony axes for the master-miners.
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