Östra Silvberg gruva — Attraction in Säters kommun

I need a contact to investigate the family lore. I did look up the mine ownership and did not find my grandfather's name, August Karlsson, but that does not cover the fact that it may have been a lease or some other arrangement.

The family owned a small mining operation known as Silvsberg Gruva or “silver mine” located near Silvsberg just south of Falun. The family came from a line of mining engineers who had been employed by Kopparsberg Gruva also near Falun, Sweden. One of the ancestors bought a tract of land in the wilds and started up his own mining industry. The operation was successful for generations until seeping water finally forced them to close the shafts. The last productive work there was reprocessing the previously reduced ore to produce red powder used in painting houses and barns in Sweden. August and his three sons worked in all phases of this little industry. (Reference; Leominster Enterprise,...

A historical mine with most of the areas intact as they were back in the day. Operations started about 600 years ago, but there have been multiple events along the way which have been explained well in its information section.

Unique turquoise water makes it kind of exotic for the surroundings. A must visit place if you in the vicinity. Highly...

Nice quarry that has a nice coloured water. They have closed off most of the higher areas around it with a fence. Was there quite late and was only a few people there who had swimmed. Water had a lot of pollen and things on the surface but looked great in the...