Once again my tireless news reading paid off. I had read about an old, 1940’s built residential area for miners, which the mining company wanted to demolish. The reasoning was, that the buildings, which had been abandoned since the late 1980’s or early 1990’s were lacking basic things like bathrooms, and protection regulations didn’t allowContinue reading “A Doomed Area Part I”
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Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part III
Back in the previous room with the grader. What different amounts of bell rings mean. A pit with scrap. There was again a lot to explore upwards, but no safe route for me there. And no, I don’t consider this a safe route. The roof had been leaking a lot. Time to go have aContinue reading “Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part III”
Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part II
It is often said that the winter upkeep of roads went all downhill after machines like this vanished from the roads. This machine looks to be from an era long before that. There were barrels even here. The next thing I need to know is how to get inside this room. There is a doorContinue reading “Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part II”
Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part I
The road is closed. That’s why I’ll leave the car here and continue by foot. And here we have the largest mine in the area. There were a total of three of them, and the ore from the two others was transported here for enrichment. This one broke ground in 1959 and was opened inContinue reading “Vintage Cars, Reindeer And Cameras Part I”
Filled With Water
This fairly recognizeable buildign is a mining tower. This time it’s an iron ore mine in a very remote location. The mine was opened in 1969 and closed in 1974 after two catastrophic accidents. In 1972 a pillar failed and ground water flooded the mine. Operations continued after the water was pumped away. But inContinue reading “Filled With Water”
Breaking Ground Part II
Inside the tiny building, then. Lots of mold and bright, 1970’s walls. And a very old fire extinguisher. And an old newspaper from 1992. It’s about the municipal elections in the area, and I’ve really done a lot of censoring to hide the location of the mine. It includes the name of the paper. AlsoContinue reading “Breaking Ground Part II”
Breaking Ground Part I
Now, this looks like an interesting area. It’s a former limestone mine. It was in operation between 1909 and 1976. After that it filled with water and served as a practise ground for divers. You can see the water somehwere behind the bushes. Diving was forbidden back in 2004, as the ground water in theContinue reading “Breaking Ground Part I”
A Guide To Karelia Part II
It was getting dark, but we had finally managed to enter my favorite region in Finland: Northern Karelia. And what would our adventure be without going to have a look at the tallest structures in the region and one of the tallest mining towers in Northern Europe. Here we go, the tower of the formerContinue reading “A Guide To Karelia Part II”
Mining Village Revisited
Several years had passed since I and my friends visited the village of Otanmäki near Kajaani. Although it is far from abandoned, it’s been in quite of a decline since the mine closed in the 1980’s. The location is remote and the houses are way too large for the area thus resulting in the cheapestContinue reading “Mining Village Revisited”
And They Were Dancing
In the early 1950’s a mine was founded in a remote swamp area. As soon as it started operations, a small village was built around it. There were around 250 houses at the peak with some 1000 people living there. The company strived to keep their employees happy in the middle of nowhere. They boughtContinue reading “And They Were Dancing”