Besshi mine, Besshi, Niihama City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan

Crystals of piemontite, largest is 0.4 cm, in quartz. S340-16 Alfredo Petrov specimen.

© 2008, JGW

Entrance of 4th shaft in Besshi Mine. Boring was started in 1910, completed in 1915. Length is 4,596m. Then, the shaft was extended to 10km by boring of exploration shaft in 1942. In front of the entrance, iron bridge of truss structure (Yon-tsu Kyo) was built to pass trucks over Kokuryo River. The 4th shaft and Yon-tsu Kyo bridge are ...

© Hiroaki TANO

Related Photo of Photo No.583803. Entrance of 4th shaft and iron bridge (Yon-tsu kyo) in Besshi Mine. This photo was taken in 1955-1965. This photo is displayed in sign board near the site, and original photo is owned by Sumitomo Historical Museum. (Sumitomo is owner company of Besshi Mine.)

© Hiroaki TANO

The “Southern Office of Sumitomo Besshi Mine.” Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “whole view of Higashidaira in Sumitomo Besshi Mine.” Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “upper railway in Sumitomo Besshi mining (3.400 feet above the sea).” Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “electric car carrying ores in No. 3rd tunnel in the Tonaru mining department, Sumitomo Besshi Mine.” Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. The card was sent on 19 January 1916 from Osaka to Hong Kong, China. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The ore ropeway between the "Sumitomo Besshi Mine and the Shisakajima smelter and refinery of Sumitomo.”, constructed by Adolf Bleichert & Co., Leipzig, in 1905. Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “Aerial ropeway Sumitomo Besshi mine.” constructed by Adolf Bleichert & Co., Leipzig, in 1905. Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. The card was sent on 7 May 1906 from Yokohama to Paris. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “Loading of ores at Kuroisai. Sumitomo Besshi Mining.” Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.

The “new uplift Ropeway in Sumitomo Besshi Mining.” constructed by Adolf Bleichert & Co., Leipzig, Germany. Vintage picture postcard, photographer unknown. G. Grundmann collection.

© Günter Grundmann, Detmold.