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The enchanting Journey through the talc of mine Paola

Mines in the  Crosetto Area
Mines in the Crosetto Area
© Archivio Ecomuseo delle Miniere e della Val Germanasca (Photo: R. Borra)
The mine Paola belongs to the Fontane mining complex including many other galleries: in the upper part of the slope the Gianfranco, the S.Barbara and the Superior are to be found; in the inferior part, below the mine Paola there are the Gianna, the Victoria and the S.Pietro. On the opposite slope the galleries of the Section Crosetto are situated.

All these galleries at present aren't working any more, partly due to the progressive exhaustion of the mining layer and partly because these galleries are very narrow, whose section is about 2 and the 2,20 ms, which doesn't allow the most modern equipments to enter them.
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