[2007]
Groups (20+): Adults EUR 9.40, Children (5-16) EUR 5.90.
[2008]
Slate Mine
| Location: | Moyant la Gravoyére, near Angers. |
| Open: |
MAY to SEP daily 10:30-17. [2007] |
| Fee: |
Adults EUR 11.40, Children (5-11) EUR 5.70, Children (0-4) free, Family (2+*) EUR 32.50. Groups (20+): Adults EUR 9.40, Children (5-16) EUR 5.90. [2008] |
| Classification: |
Slate Mine
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | T=13°C. |
| Guided tours: | V=100,000/a [2001]. |
| Bibliography: | |
| Address: |
Mine Bleue, La Gatelière, 49520 Noyant-la-Gravoyère, Tel: +33-241-943969, Fax: +33-241-943969.
E-mail: |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:22:10 $ |
| 1936 | mine closed. |
The slate of this area is interbedded with iron bearing ores, so in the area around Noyant-la-Gravoyère both slate and iron mines existed. However, the iron was not of good quality and the slate mines were always more profitable.
The Mine Bleue (Blue Mine) is the underground mine tour of a slate mine, named after the slightly blueish colour of the slate. The mine is entered with a funicular, a cable car, which goes down 130m to the mining level. Here a mine train is mounted which brings the group to the place where the slate was mined during the 1930s. After a round trip by foot the mine is left with mine train and funicular railway.
The former mine La Gatelière was closed in 1936, but it was now renovated by the village and became a successful tourist site.
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