TAGLIONE MINE REDEVELOPMENT

The redevelopment and valorisation project of the Taglione Mine was entrusted to Sertec Engineering Consulting: the planned works, aimed at the redevelopment of the mining site through its conversion for tourism purposes, envisaged minimal interventions which specifically affected the external areas, the internal areas , the electrical and water management system of both rooms on the site, the Taglione Tunnel and the Polveriera.

For the external areas, manual blasting of the rock face is planned at the entrance to the mine and at the entrance to the powder magazine. The operators, descending with mountaineering techniques, analyzed the rock face and at the points of actual danger they verified both the state of the wall and any detachments of unstable rock material.

For the internal works, in addition to the manual blasting of the rock face, the cleaning of the route and the former compressor room is planned to create a route suitable for tourist travel, the formation of a channel for the flow and regulation of water along the route in the mine, the installation of a new closure of the mine tunnel entrance with a metal grating. 

The new electrical system is powered by connection to the electricity grid. The system is characterized by a stretched overhead line fixed with clamps to a metal cable for lighting with lighting fixtures at a distance of 14 m which will perform the function of emergency lighting which comes into operation in the event of a lack of power from the mains and with buttons spaced 14 m apart to control the switching on of the lighting system in case of emergency. In correspondence with the writings found in the secondary vein bearing the name “Grattini”, two spotlights were positioned whose switching on is regulated by presence detectors.