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Perda Niedda mine (Domusnovas, Carbonia-Iglesias Province).

Description:

Perda Niedda is an iron mine.

History:

1853: Old exploration by Mr. Marchese Cambiaso.

1860: mining concession to Hautes Forneaux Petit Gaudet Company.

1908: mining concession to Toscana Industrie Agricole e Minerarie Company.

1929: mining concession to Elba Mining Company; in 1938 this Company exploided with Racah tunnel the mineral deposit and built a transporting plant.

1940: mining concession to Anonima Mineraria e Siderurgica Company.

1964: the mine was closed.

Now, in Perda Niedda mine there is a farm hotel, with rooms, restaurant and a little mining museum (For mining museum ifo: archeominer.domus@tiscali.it).

Hotel farm Perda Niedda.

References:

CIAMPI ADOLFO "La miniera di Perda Niedda" - Estratto da Rassegna Mineraria Metallurgica e Chimica, Torino - Tipografia G.U. Cassone, 1909.

MEZZOLANI SANDRO e SIMONCINI ANDREA "Sardegna da Salvare. Storia, Paesaggi, Architetture delle Miniere" - VOL XIII. Nuoro, Ed.Archivio Fotografico Sardo, 2007.

FADDA ANTONIO FRANCO "Sardegna, guida ai tesori nascosti" - Cagliari, Ed. Coedisar, 1994.

SELLA QUINTINO "Relazione sulle condizioni dell'industria mineraria in Sardegna" 1871.

Carta Geologica 1:25.000, Foglio 233 Iglesias, 1938.

Carta Geologica della Sardegna 1:200.000, 1997.

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