WIP · World in Pocket

Besshi copper mine

Italy

The Besshi copper mine (別子銅山, Besshi dōzan) was a rich source of copper in Niihama, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. The deposits were discovered in 1690, and copper mining began in the following year. It was the world's No. 1 copper producing mine in the latter half of the 1690s and changed a small fishing

and farming village into a major industrial city on Shikoku. From 1691 until the closing of the mine in 1973, Besshi produced about 700,000 tons of copper, and contributed to Japan's trade and modernization. The Sumitomo family managed the mine, which helped build the Sumitomo zaibatsu. The Dōzan River was named after the copper mine. The Minetopia Besshi theme park uses some of the mine's facilities.

收听语音导览： Besshi copper mine WIP 免费提供 — 到达后自动播放，熄屏也能用

附近

• Ichinokawa Mine mine · 12 公里