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Abandoned mining facilities. Jinguashi (Chinkuashih; Chinese: 金瓜石; pinyin: Jīnguāshí; Wade–Giles: Chin 1-kua 1-shih 2; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kim-koe-chio̍h) is a town in Ruifang District, New Taipei City, Taiwan, notable for its historic gold and copper mines.
Originally built in 1933 by Japanese during their occupation, [1] the building used to be a copper and gold smelter plant called the Shuinandong Smelter that used to process refined ore from Jinguashi and Jiufen. [2] After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in 1945, the refinery was taken over by the state-run company ...
The Jinguashi Mine is one of the largest gold mines in Taiwan and in the world. [1] The mine is located in the north of the country in Ruifang District . [ 1 ] The mine has estimated reserves of 8 million oz of gold .
After the liberation of Taiwan in 1945, the state-run Taiwan Gold and Copper Mining Bureau was established in 1946 and renamed to Taiwan Metals Mining Company in 1955. As copper production gradually increased over the years, Jinguashi mining area are good and maintained excellent operating performance.
The Gold Building provides information about the discovery of gold in the area, with displays on the Benshan Tunnels, old mining equipment, mining transport systems and a brief introduction to the World War II Japanese Kinkaseki POW Camp on its first floor. The second floor introduces the properties of gold, with works of art made of gold and a ...
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