In the late Shang Dynasty of the mainland, there were already copper smelting furnaces, with a diameter of about one meter, and the furnace temperature could reach more than 1200 degrees. Where is the copper mine?
Ancient copper diagram
In 1974, in Hubei Daye patina
The ancient copper mine of the Warring States period discovered in the mountain is a relatively complete bronze mine currently found on the mainland.
Hubei Daye Copper Green Mountain Mine
Copper-clad copper ore is abundant, mainly including malachite, natural copper, hematite and so on. These minerals, with their distinctive colours, are easy to find and select, and have a high grade of copper. The type of deposit is a copper-iron deposit that has been exposed to metamorphic.
Panoramic view of the mineral landscape
This ancient mine (locally known as the Old Hole) was revealed during open-pit mining. From south to north, the old pit is distributed in an irregular band on the patina mountain.
Map of mineral deposits
The mining method is a combination of shaft, inclined shaft, inclined alley and flat alley. At the same time, various technical means are used to initially solve a series of complex technical problems such as underground ventilation, drainage, lifting and roadway support.
Mining Diagram 1
Diagram
Schematic diagram of mining
The excavation of this bronze mine shows with very vivid facts that there was already a high level of mining technology on the mainland at that time.
Mining Diagram 2
This ancient copper mine provides an extremely valuable artifact for the study of mainland mining techniques.
In the early 1980s, the mainland had built the Copper Green Mountain Ancient Metallurgical Mine Museum for the masses to visit and visit.
Patina Mountain Museum