Ecomuseo Regionale delle Miniere e della Val Germanasca

Coniferous and hardwood forests

Gianna Mine square

Departure station of the aerial ropeway for the...

Gallery Gianna pediment

Mine Gianna entrance

Workshope inside the mine Gianna

Mining plant at level Gianna

Emac Locomotive

Fish mouthed tub

Scoma Shovel at Mine Gianna

Hoppers opening Compressed air system

Swellex tie-rods

Iron and wood reinforcements

A guide supplies naturalistic information

Fungus population in Mine Gianna

Corticicoli mushrooms with tannins

Carrelli nella Miniera Gianna

Progressiva 500 and perforated metal flanges

The lake in Gianna Mine

Ophioliti’s lens

Talc tubs at Gianna

Reinforcements in a mining yard

Visitors observe the talc collapsed following t...

Bifore the cocker room at Gianna Mine

Points called Marmotta

Concrete mixing plant

Tools: coloured blades and carts-clamping ring

Spoil hoppers

Ascent of the winze connecting mines " Paola" ...

School children visiting Mine Paola

Mines in the Crosetto Area

A tub on the square of Mine Paola

Paola Mine structures with cement silos

Shaft Mining equipment

Schematic profile of the mine

Piece of white talc

Visitors on board the little train

Foreman cabin

Loading shovel

Sign showing the distance from the entrance

Carbide lamp

Trancia 9 - Fronte del talco

Air hoist

Core barrel and rock core

Loading on tubs of the talc to be carried to ot...

A guide demonstrates how holes were done with h...

Fuse setting

School children setting up a “volata” durino a ...

Waiting for the blast

A hole is made with a drill

Connection winze beteen the mines Gianna e Paola

Coloured shovels to differentiate different tal...

Slant connecting to upper yards

Mine Paola Canteen

Slant from mine Paola to upper yards

Transport by cableway

Sapatlè, height 2034 metri (year 1950)

A children carries talc on a sledge

Arrival and departure station of the little train

Scavo delle prime gallerie

Outdoor lesson

External view of the Museum

Inside the valdese temple of Prali

Female Waldensian daily use costume

The linguistic area of Occitany

Talc transportation at the San Pietro Mine, aro...

Talc transportation on sledges

Punta Croc station, late XIX Century

The “Malaura” telpher

A truck leaves from the Gianna mine

Talc bags ready to leave from the Malanaggio mill

Miners at the gallery entrance

Miner in the '90s

Miners having lunch into the Gianna mine Cantine

Young visitors on the train

Register into the foreman’s hut

Children into the Paola mine cantine

White talc objects

Some tools used into mines: helmets, electric c...

Modern use of electric piles

The train comes out from the mine

Workshop activities