Sado gold mine
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The Sado gold mine is a historic and once-prolific gold and silver mine on Sado Island in Niigata Prefecture, Japan, now preserved as a cultural heritage and tourist site.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
gold mine
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ silver mine ⓘ |
| annualGoldProductionAtPeak | several tons ⓘ |
| country | Japan ⓘ |
| discoveredIn |
1600s
ⓘ
early 17th century ⓘ |
| endOfOperation |
1989
ⓘ
20th century ⓘ |
| era |
Edo period
ⓘ
Meiji period NERFINISHED ⓘ Shōwa period NERFINISHED ⓘ Taishō period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Dōyū-no-Wareto (split mountain) open-pit
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
historic mining equipment displays ⓘ ore processing facilities ⓘ underground tunnels ⓘ wax figure dioramas of miners ⓘ |
| heritageStatus |
Important Cultural Landscape (Japan)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
designated cultural property of Japan ⓘ industrial heritage site ⓘ |
| languageOfOfficialSignage |
English
ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Chūbu region
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Honshu (offshore island) NERFINISHED ⓘ Niigata Prefecture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sado Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Sea of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| managedBy | Sado City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near | Aikawa area of Sado Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| operatedBy |
Edo bakufu
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy | Tokugawa shogunate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| peakProductionPeriod | Edo period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| produced |
copper
ⓘ
gold ⓘ silver ⓘ |
| significance |
major source of revenue for the Tokugawa shogunate
ⓘ
one of Japan's most productive gold mines in the Edo period ⓘ |
| startOfOperation |
17th century
ⓘ
early Edo period ⓘ |
| technologyUsed |
Western-style mining technology (Meiji period onward)
ⓘ
traditional Japanese mining techniques ⓘ |
| tourism |
features restored mining facilities
ⓘ
offers underground mine tours ⓘ open to the public as a museum ⓘ |
| UNESCOStatus |
on UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List
ⓘ
proposed UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
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