Karst cave.
Tourism and Culture Bureau of Jeongseon-gun, Tel: +82-33-560-2365.
Hwaam Tourist Attraction Control Office, Tel: +82-33-560-2578.
| Location: | Halfway up Gakhee mountain, Hwaam 2-ri Dong-myeon. 21km from Jeongseon-eup. Follow local road No. 424 (Deoku~Baekjeon). |
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| Classification: |
Karst cave.
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| Light: | electric. |
| Dimension: | L=730m, VR=50m. |
| Guided tours: | L=1,803m. |
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| Address: |
Dong-myeon, Jeongseon-gun, Gangwon-do. Tourism and Culture Bureau of Jeongseon-gun, Tel: +82-33-560-2365. Hwaam Tourist Attraction Control Office, Tel: +82-33-560-2578. |
| Last update: | $Date: 2008/07/01 20:26:25 $ |
| 1922 | start of mining operations at Cheonpo mine. | |
| 1934 | discoverd during mining activities in a gold mine. | |
| 1945 | mining ended. | |
| 26-FEB-1980 | designated Local Monument No. 33. |
This is rather rare: a cave discovered during mining activities. Normally the soluble sedimentary rock which are essential for karst caves do not contain much valuable ores. But in this case the Cheonpo mine produced gold. And so the mining of the gold is a main topic at the cave tours.
The cave itself is noteworthy for extraordinary speleothems. The main chamber is extremely big, and it contains very big stalagmites.
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