Originally established during the Japanese colonial era as Kizanzan Coal Mine (基隆山炭礦), it changed hands and names several times after the war, becoming Meishan Coal Mine (煤山煤礦) under the ownership of Jian Shicheng (簡士成) in 1979. In the early 1980s it was among Taiwan’s top producing mines but cost-cutting measures led to a deadly disaster on July 10, 1984, when 103 miners died due to the accumulation of carbon monoxide underground after a fire. This was the second of three major coal mine disasters in 1984, after Haishan Coal Mine in Tucheng and before Haishan No. 1 in Sanxia, which together ended the domestic coal industry. The main portal along Bin’er Road (濱二路) has since collapsed and the site is heavily overgrown.
Warning: this location is abandoned, hazardous, or otherwise neglected and may be unsafe and even dangerous! Exercise appropriate precautions when visiting.
警告：此處已廢棄或長期無人管理，可能存在潛在危險。造訪時請務必提高警覺，並做好相關安全防護措施。
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
- Hipster's Ruifang Notes (文清的瑞芳札記)
Themes
- Japanese Colonial Era Taiwan (台灣日治時代)
- Mining Industry in Taiwan (台灣礦業)
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I am a web application developer, photojournalist, urban explorer, and history enthusiast passionate about the open web and documenting my experiences on this planet. This project was founded in the early 2010s and has evolved into a sort of personal Wikipedia of places that interest me (and often the photographs I’ve taken there). I’m originally from Toronto, Canada, but spend most of my time residing in Taiwan.