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[O06-P40] Investigation and preservation of old Coalmine in the Mikasa Geopark
Keywords:coalmine, remains, preservation and reuse, geopark activity, Mikasa Geopark
Mikasa city is the area of Mikasa Geopark had many coalmines.Therefore, Mikasa created prosperity by coalmine, which has many remains of them.To consider using those remains, we investigated worth of them from point of architecture.Then, based on the results, We tried to safety state of around the Nishiki headframe in 2013.The Nishiki headframe is believed to have completed in December 1920, and it is the oldest remaining headframe in Hokkaido.The headframe is approximately 10 meters high, and the shaft is approximately 197 meters deep.So, we introduce you the action of preservation and reuse those remains in the Miasa Geopark.