Dienstag, 9. Juli 2013

Roeros / Norway - Historic Mining Town

Roeros is an historic mining town on the Glomma-River in Mid-Norway right on the Swedish boarder, where once copper was exploited. It is a UNESCO-World Heritage. The wooden cabins of the miner families were built next to the slag-heaps. Remarkable is that there are almost no plants on the rather old heaps. This may be caused by sulfur compounds in the slag.




Glomma-River








Glomma-River


in the Olav Pit

pit props not necessary

oxidized copper -ore



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