A pond in the mines
The Boguestown Mines were several bauxite, iron and zinc mines outside Boguestown in the Brunanter Central Ranges.
History[]
The mines near Boguestown were built in the late 18th century and for some 120 years, were the most lucrative mines in Brunant. They were part of larger mining activities across the Central Ranges. The mines held mostly zinc, but there were significant bauxite and iron deposits, which left the ground colored red.
What little iron there was was mined by 1860 and zinc, highly lucrative at the time, became the new focus of large mining companies such as Berganz Mining and the Bergen Group. By the start of the 20th century, it had become too expensive to operate the mines, since the owners were forced to go deeper in search of smaller deposits of zinc. In 1907, operations temporarily ceased. Operations, however, were tripled between by the 1920s, especially with the discovery of bauxite, a key component for aluminum.
The mines permanently closed in the 1970s since there was no more iron neither zinc left and the operating mining companies had founded silver mines on other locations in the Central Ranges. The last operations were in 1976.
The Boguestown town council decided to reopen the area as a park in 1996. Today, they are known for breathtaking scenery and for the colors on the ground.