Ruins of Tada-Hori mine mechanical plant

Ruins of Tada-Hori mine Smelter mechanical ore dressing plant (多田堀鉱山製錬所機械選鉱場跡) 多田銀銅山は明治28年(1895)、島根県津和野の鉱業家、堀藤十郎礼造が先代の「堀藤十郎伴成」名義で「多田鉱山」という名称で採掘特許を得て、明治30年(1897)から銀・銅・鉛を生産しました。実際の操業は地元の人びとが請負人となり、採鉱・選鉱・製錬が行われました。堀藤十郎礼造は鉱山の近代化を進めるため、経営している鉱山に西欧技術を用いた製錬場、機械選鉱場を導入しました。 明治39年(1906)に多田鉱山では生産規模を拡大するため、それまでの手選鉱から機械選鉱への転換を計画しました。翌年、建物が落成し機械の据え付けが進みました。 しかし、明治40年(1907)秋にはじまった銀・銅の価格暴落によって、明治41年(1908)に鉱山は休業しました。多田鉱山は、大正14年(1925)に久原鉱業(後の日本鉱業) に鉱業権が移るまで、「多田堀鉱山」と呼ばれました。堀家製錬所跡は、昭和48年(1973)の日本鉱業多田鉱山の閉山時に埋め土で覆われました。 Source: Objaverse 1.0 / SketchfabRuins of Tada-Hori Mine Smelter Mechanical Ore Dressing Plant The Tada Silver-Copper Mine was awarded a mining patent under the name "Tada Mine" in Meiji 28 (1895) by Fujujuro Reizo Hori, a mining entrepreneur from Tsuwano, Shimane Prefecture, under the name of his predecessor "Fujujuro Bansei Hori". Production of silver, copper, and lead commenced in Meiji 30 (1897), with local residents acting as contractors for mining, ore dressing, and smelting operations. To modernize the mine, Fujujuro Reizo Hori introduced smelters and mechanical ore dressing facilities utilizing Western technology into the mines under his management. In Meiji 39 (1906), Tada Mine planned to transition from manual ore dressing to mechanical ore dressing to expand its production scale. The following year, the buildings were completed and installation of machinery progressed. However, a sharp collapse in silver and copper prices starting in the autumn of 1907 forced the mine to suspend operations in 1908 (Meiji 41). The mine remained known as "Tada-Hori Mine" until its mining rights were transferred to Kuhara Mining Co., Ltd. (later Nippon Mining Co., Ltd.) in Taisho 14 (1925). The ruins of the Hori family smelter were covered with fill when the Nippon Mining Tada Mine ceased operations in Showa 48 (1973). Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab