Nordics, Buskerud
Kongsberg
Silver mines of the Norwegian crown
Mineral locality Source-confirmed findsRestricted
What you could find
Reported finds from this ground.
Coins and tokens
Crystals and mineralsAlso reported: acanthite, mining machinery.
Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).
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Why this spot
Rockhounding locality: 335 years of royal silver mining produced the world's finest native silver wires, over 1.3 million kg of silver from 80 mines
Norwegian Mining Museum operates the mine train tour through the Christian VII adit, Wikipedia documents the mining history
Before you go
Hazards noted for this site.
constant 6 C undergroundBring warm layers
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