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(Local Name: Bergbaumuseum) The Altenberg Mining Museum, housed in a 400-year-old washery, illustrates the techniques for processing tin ore in earlier times. Features of the museum include a stamp mill, a water-wheel and a permanent exhibition on "500 Years of Tin-Mining in Altenberg". Adjoining the museum is the Neubeschert-Glück shaft, illustrating the method of opening up and consolidating mine shafts.
Hobbies & Activities category: Minerals, geology attraction, mining
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