A former coal mine in the Cukeng (粗坑) area of Ruifang near Sijiaoting Station, colloquially known as Chamou Pit (查某坑) after its female operators. Originally part of Taiwan Industrial and Mining Corporation holdings, the site passed through Xuyou Coal Mine (旭裕煤礦) under Yang Dengxian (楊登賢) before being auctioned to Sanrong in 1973. Operated by the Lin-Chen Yan (林陳豔) family, the mine worked the lower Mushan Formation (木山層) from 1947 to 1995. The main incline shaft, ventilation shaft, warehouse, office, and various machinery remain in various states of disrepair at the site.
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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- Taiwan Cultural Memory Bank (文化部國家文化記憶庫)
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- 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.