the underground mine of the Mining School of Madrid, opened in 1967 for students of the subject could Minas Tillage actual practice. Currently, the mine is part of the School Museum and bears the name "Marc Jorissen, Mining Engineering and Director of the School from 1961 to 1967.
The mine is located in a courtyard with Alenza street entrance and is accessed from an inclined plane. From the surface, you can see an old headframe Centenillo's mines (particularly the well "Mirador") donated by the Mining and Metallurgical Society in 1968 Peñarroya., A fan in corresponding with an open house and leave.
Once inside, the visitor reaches a gallery 50 meters long and typical mining section, where students and visitors can learn, as a sample, different types of coating and shoring of mines, various forms of exploitation, various machinery and tools, pumps, wear, highlights .... The mine museum also has a mining road with several cars and a circular vertical shaft of 15m long.
The mine can be visited on request, on the first Sunday of each month, when the School of Mines in Madrid opens its doors historic building to house a monthly flea market of minerals and fossils.
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