Clay Mine
Bauxite
| Location: | On the road 27 Lamia-Amfissa, 51km from Lamia |
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Clay Mine
Bauxite
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| Light: | electric. |
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Vagonetto, Fokis Mining Park, 33100 Amfissa - Fokis, Tel: +30-2265078819, Tel: +30-2109200293, Fax: +30-2109247168,
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| Last update: | $Date: 2011/12/13 08:55:37 $ |
| 1924 | begin of prospecting. | |
| 1927 | bauxite discovered. | |
| 1934 | Silver & Baryte Ores Mining Co. S.A founded. | |
| 1967 | mining moves to Vagonetto. | |
| 1998 | begin of development as a show mine. | |
| SEP-2003 | opened to the public. |
Vagonetto is as far as we know the first and so far only Greek show mine. It was opened by S&B Industrial Minerals S.A., the operator of this bauxite mine, in 2003. It was created in the abandoned Mine 850, which was the first bauxite mine on this location some 50 years ago.
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