2013년 9월 19일 목요일

mine cave near seoul


Gwangmyeong gahak mine cave, only cave located near seoul, after opening to public in 2011, 300000 people visited this place and now it's one of favorite weekend gettaway for korean family.
It now even has movie theater and small museum as well. Unlike other mines, Gahak Mine seems to gain popularity among tourists because it provides favorable accessibility to citizens in the Seoul metropolitan region and shed new light on an abandoned mine.
Buoyed by high popularity of the mine, Mayor Yang Gi-dae of Gwangmyeong City expressed a desire for building it as the center of cultural and leisure activities. The mayor designs to establish various theme parks connecting it with nearby garbage incineration plant and Mt. Gahak

I would like to recommend a light trekking and journey of mine cave. Gahak mountain is small. I guess it takes 40minutes for trekking from Anseo Elementary School to Gahak Cave. After trekking, you can enter the cold cave. Average temperature in cave is 12 Celsius little freezing to cool down after trekking.
A journey to cave takes about 30minutes. Of course, you can go to the cave directly without trekking. It is easy to go there by public transportation. I guess it takes 30min from Anyang Station to cave by bus.
Gahak Cave is the only and the biggest mine located in metropolitan area. It is free of charge.

Gahak Mine Cave is the place where mineral resources such as gold, silver, copper and zinc have been pulled up over since 1912 and it was shut down in 1972. It has taken firm stand to stay open for 100 years and now it tries to change itself into leisure facility for entertainment and resting.

location: Around 24, San 17-1,2 Gahak-dong Kwang Myeong city. Mine scale - mine length : 7.8km(elevation 180~195m) - mine extent : 42,785㎡(basin area : 342,792㎡) - mine breadth : 2~5m(average 3.5m) - mine height : 1.5m~4m(average 2.75m) - the output of mine per day : 350 ton - geological features of mine : lime-silicate rock , schist - o level size : an underground tunnel length: 1.45K total area : 14,260㎡

Visit http://cavern.gm.go.kr for more info.

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