In La Unión , in the Sierra Minera de Cartagena you can visit the Mining Park . This project aims to show the entire mining industry that was developing in Murcia .
The tours and guided tours have several parts. The tour begins with a ride on a mining train, a ride that if you go with children they will enjoy a lot. Then you can visit different facilities that make up the park complex where you will see the mines from which different materials were extracted. You will get to know the Agrupa Vicenta mine and the conditions in which the miners worked.
These are deposits of the Mining Park:
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Carretera del 33 . Legendary route that crosses the Sierra Minera, this path connects all the points of the Mining Park.
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Filón Mine paid . An old open pit tin mine.
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Mina Agrupa Vicenta . It is the only underground mine in Murcia that has been converted into a museum and the main attraction of the park.
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Mina Pablo and Virginia . This pyrite mine has been rebuilt.
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Powder magazine . The powder keg is called the place where the gunpowder that was later used to exploit the mines was kept. It's funny because there is a small chapel inside.
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Paid mine laundry . In a laundry room, the tin was concentrated to separate the minerals in a mechanical way.
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Sludge basin . A deposit or dump of minerals that did not work.
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Toasting oven . It was used for the roasting of some minerals that managed to enrich their metal levels.
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Coil . These are galleries that were built on the slopes of the mountains and served as a fireplace.
What are you waiting for to get to know this historic place?
