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In 1872 the seat of the Sardinian Mining District was moved from Cagliari to Iglesias. The year before, in 1871, the Italian mining activity had known the birth of a new industry. With the ultimate discovery and the beginning of mining, of silver-bearing vein of Saarabus, even in Italy the production of silvery minerals was commenced. A new ...
The Serbariu coal mine museum Italian: Centro Italiano Della Cultura Del Carbone is a mining museum in Carbonia, Sardinia. The museum is an Anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage. The site is a part of the Geomineral Historical and Environmental Park of Sardinia, which is a member of UNESCO's Global Geoparks Network. [1]
The Masua hub was a complex of several mining operations in the Sulcis area, a region of Sardinia rich in coal, sulphur, barium, zinc, lead, silver and other metals. . Extraction began in 1600, but became economically relevant only in the early 1900s when the mining business in the whole region experienced a quick e
The Carbosulcis Coal Mine (or Nuraxi Figus) is a coal mine located in Sardinia.The mine has coal reserves amounting to 2.5 billion tonnes of sub-bituminous coal, one of the largest coal reserves in Europe and the world.
Montevecchio. Montevecchio is one of the most ancient mining sites in Italy. [1] The site is located in the south west of Sardinia, in the Province of South Sardinia.The village of Montevecchio (Gennas Serapis in Sardinian language) is a frazione of the municipality of Guspini, while the mines are situated in the municipalities of both Arbus and Guspini.
Argentiera is a former mining town, its name comes from the Latin argento, meaning silver. The mine had been exploited since the ancient era, beginning with the Romans. It was reopened in the 19th century by "Società di Corr'e boi", a Belgian mining company. The French writer Honoré de Balzac, visited the village in 1838. The most florid ...
Arbus (/ ˈ ɑːr b ə s / ⓘ) [2] is a comune (municipality) in the Province of South Sardinia in the Italian region of Sardinia.. Located in the southwest coast of the island, Arbus is known for several archeological and non-operational industrial sites, such as the mines of Montevecchio, [3] as well as for its coastline, the Costa Verde, whose main beach, Piscinas, includes one of the ...
The very reason for the existence of this ancient city lies in its being both a powerful military structure to defend the main port of southern Sardinia and a basis for control of the western Mediterranean, as well as the outlet for the grain-growing region and livestock products (cheese, leather), iron, lead, copper and zinc mining from the ...