Falun Mine

Falun Mine became a mine in Falun, Sweden, that operated for a millennium from the tenth century to 1992. It produced as lots as two thirds of Europe's copper wishes and helped fund a lot of Sweden's wars inside the 17th century. Technological developments on the mine had a profound have an impact on on mining globally for 2 centuries. The mine is now a museum and in 2001 became designated a UNESCO world background website online.

There are not any written bills establishing precisely whilst mining operations at Falun Mine started. Archaeological and geological research imply, with vast uncertainty, that mining operations started someday around the 12 months a thousand. No considerable activities had all started before 850, however the mine was truly operating through 1080. Objects from the 10th century have been determined containing copper from the mine. In the beginning, operations have been of a small scale, with nearby farmers gathering ore, smelting it, and the usage of the metal for household wishes. Around the time of Magnus III, king of Sweden from 1275 to 1290, a greater expert operation began to take location.