Prettau Mine

The show mine at Prettau is located in the rear Aurina (Ahrntal) Valley, just before valley head. In the 1990s, St. Ignatius Tunnel was developed into a show mine. The old mine train was restored, and visitors can now ride on two-man crew wagons. The old winch from the 1960s is located near the pit railway station, in a slightly larger cavity. The winch was used to hoist the conveyor cages out of the Archduke Johann Shaft, which runs at a depth of almost 90 meters to the ore deposit located beneath the St. Ignatius Tunnel. Today half of the shaft is submerged under water.

Hörmanngasse 38A
39030 - Prettau - Pedroi

Museum director
Via Giovo 1
39040 - Racines
Phone +390472764875
Fax +390472764815
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Categories: Tunnels, mines, pits, quarries

Setting: rural

Topic: underground, narrow, gloomy

Architectural style: Historicism

Facade: natural stone facade