La mine de Buckingham, Toosday's Dive # 19

La mine Back est un endroit unique. Cet ancien site minier est en fait une colline évidée. La voute est toujours en place, percée de puits de lumière et soutenue par quatre piliers. Seulement trois de ces piliers sont visibles de la surface, le quatrième est complètement submergé et sa portion la plus élevée est à 10 mètres sous leau.

Avec son eau toujours froide et une visibilité moyenne, la mine n'est pas le meilleur endroit au monde pour plonger mais le site à lui seul vaut la visite.

La mina Back es un lugar único. Este antiguo lugar minero es en realidad una colina hueca. La bóveda está todavía en lugar, abertura de pozo de luz y sostenido por cuatro pilares. Solamente tres de estos pilares son visibles de la superficie, el cuarto es sumergido completamente y su más elevada porción es a 10 metros bajo la superficie. Con su agua siempre fría y una visibilidad media, la mina no es el mejor lugar del mundo para bucear pero el lugar por sí solo vale la visita.

The Back mine is a unique place. This old mining site is in fact a hollow hill. The vault is still in place, openings allow the light. It is supported by four pillars. Only three of these pillars are visible the surface, the fourth is completely submerged and its highest portion is 10 meters under the surface. With its constantly cold water and an average visibility, the mine is not the best place in the world to dive but the site on its own is worth the visit.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Mine
• Plongée
• diving
• scuba
• inmersion
• Québec
• rebreather
• recycleur
• carière
• quarry
• Megalodon

[Vamp1963]

What were they mining there? Great colors. Nobody knows :-(

[mbelair6]

@Vamp1963 I was told by a man who used to work the mine that they extracted a mineral called "Dental Spark". According to him, the mine was the property of Johnson & Johnson who used it to make dentures and prosthetic teeth.

[StarGehzer]

Interesting video. I dove this site back in the late 1980's - early 1990's with some of Canada's pioneer Cave Divers. Back then the water was much clearer than it appears in your vid. And there was no fencing installed. It was our group (led by John Reekie) that installed that sign you found. Hope it has done it's job.

[mbelair6]

The water was much clearer back then. Cottages have been buit in they area in I think this may account for the loss of visibility. Your sign and the very low visibility past it seem to keep most divers away from the deeper area and hopefully will keep on doing so.

Thanks for your comment.

[Baldiver]

Superbe video mister

[mbelair6]

Merci Denis

[AFG34]

@Vamp1963 feldspar

[Swatplll]

Mon ami jean gab et mort la vla 1 semain:(

[Raisthlin]

Cool, j'aime bien le vidéo. Peut-être irais-je plongé là un jour. Merci d'avoir partagé!