Zölz, Krumpengraben, Hafning, Trofaiach, Leoben District, Styria, Austria
Typical cinnabar ore; FOV 15 mm; Chris Auer photo and collection (ex J.Metzger coll.)
© AC
Pic. from Sept.2017
The mining site is about in the middle of the pic. Pic. from Sept.2017
This building has seen better times definitely. 30 years ago when I was there the last time a doctor was the owner of the mine. He bred about 2000 adera (vipera perus) in the nearby mine and used the serum of them. At one time in winter a friend of mine saw hundreds of them at once inside. Pic. from Sept.2017
Mine dump with the Krumpen Lake; pic. from Sept.2017