2026/1/18 For approximately twenty years, I have been hiking in the Wuliaojiang area. Until now, I had passed by without paying attention to the beauty that reveals itself further on. This is actually quite remarkable, especially given how well preserved the mine remains are. Yongda Coal Mine (永達煤礦礦坑口遺跡) is located in Sanxia District, New Taipei City, and was first established on 9 August 1919 by Lin Kaijun. Several structures can still be found along the sides of the site. The history is short. 1942, the mining area was expanded to 235,040 ping. After trial excavations had confirmed workable seams, preparations were

edited: 2026/7/12 Very dangerous (risk of collapse, snakes) Gongguan Tianyi Mine Gongguan Tianyi Mine (公館添益煤礦) is a forgotten mine in Miaoli, not shown on maps, with no signs or labels. I got the information from a Taiwanese postman. It is actually located close to a major road, but no one would ever drive into the small entrance. This time, I’ll describe things differently—namely, how I found the individual paths. Most of the time, you end up visiting a place two or more times. On the first visit, you try to get your bearings in an overgrown area. It sounds easy, but

Unfortunately, not much remains of the old mining area. At the entrance of the Sakura Trail, you can still see two large buildings where the rock was once loaded onto trucks. These solid structures are still in good condition, though heavily overgrown. From inside, you can look up and still see the holes in the ceiling, through which the rock was dumped down from the upper transport route for loading. If you walk around the building, you will find the remains of the old transport path at the back. The modern trail doesn’t exactly follow the original route. You can also

Last update: 2025/9/1 Near the Tongjing Village is a Cave System. The residents of the village put up fierce resistance against the Japanese, protected by the cliffs near the Emei River, the terrain was easily defensible. They constructed a long tunnel system and stationed troops there. The Americans also attempted to destroy the bunker facilities because the Japanese stored materials there. Little remains of a former sugar factory at the end of the road. The factory was later taken over by the KMT. Subsequently, the surrounding area and the abandoned bunkers provided good protection for fruit bats. A typhoon later destroyed

last update: 10/2025 Highly dangerous (risk of collapse, unstable, corroded, holes in the floor), hazardous to health Many remnants of the old mining industry can still be found around Shuinandong, the Northeast Coast, and Teapot Mountain. These include old tunnels, abandoned mining areas reclaimed by nature, and a factory. In 1893, a large and rich outcrop of a gold ore deposit was first discovered in the area. The mine began formal mining operations in 1896. In 1931, large-scale mining and milling operations for gold and copper ores were started by the Nippon Mining Company. However, the copper concentrate, cement copper, and