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Mitsero started mining in the 1920s and ended approximately 30 years ago. http://www.mitsero.org.cy/english/mining_quarries.shtm
I looked at a few mines in Cyprus, but most had been converted to refuse tips. Mitsero has been saved by its rural location in the Troodos mountains. There's a disused blue asbestos mine 30 miles away, but I selected not to visit that one...
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Mine office
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Checking in slips
Mitsero Copper Mine by zenithfivenine, on Flickr
The adit is pretty scary looking, I didn't go very far... I think it might have been fairly stable though.
Mitsero Copper Mine by zenithfivenine, on Flickr
I could've done with taking some night shots at a lower ISO, but I was chased away by the farmer who lives above the mine.