Visiting the Level 355 you will go in so far unavailable areas of the Guido Mine. A guide will take you in the area of the last mining face, which was mined in the 2nd half of the 20th century. An excursion to the Level 355 is a visiting of a raw mine, remained in such conditions, which miners left over twenty years ago.
Get ready!
This touristic route to the Level 355 is recommended to those who are in good physical condition. Degree of difficulty of the passage complies with mountain ranges outing. We recommend trekking shoes and wear being adequate while visiting a raw mine (a possibility to get dirty). The ambient temperature on the route is ca. 20 degrees Centigrade.
Visiting
Travelling down to the pit by a cage, mining headings for one kilometre and a half, dip-headings of considerable slope, raises, declines and tight, restricted passages are the scenery of the route on the level 355m. You will be accompanied by scraper conveyors, pipelines used for pumping the filing and multitude of mining steel. Over your head you will notice stone-dust barriers which were to prevent the other part of the mine from a possible explosion of pulverised coal. A guide will tell you the most interesting stories related to coal mining and miners' work underground. You will find yourself how much effort you have to make in mining carried out in the dark and dustiness.
A heading
The climax of a mining shift on the level of 355m is a tight passage running for over one hundred metre coal seam of considerable inclination. The roof in that place is supported by thickly spaced props of Valent type, popularly called "valencioki" in Silesia. The coal seam is placed here within reach. Historically this is the last mining place in the Guido Coal Mine.
A dark
Silence so deep reigns in this part of the mine that you can hear your own heartbeat. Advancing blackness from everywhere makes you aware that you are deeply in the very heart of the earth. Impenetrable darkness is solely diffused by a beam of light coming from a personal mining lamp. In its brightness the steel machinery and equipment take fabulous shapes. Imagination likes playing tricks here.
By the mining suspended train to the Pumps House
Leaving the mining face, your physical condition will be tested by a steep dip-heading towards shallower areas of the Guido Coal Mine. From the Level 355 you will get to a man suspended mining train station, which will pick you up almost to the Underground Zone K8. Visiting is ended in the Pumps House, the most deeply located pub across Europe.
Additional information:
- The route is available aged above 12 years;
- Duration: ca. 2,5 h
- We advise you to take comfortable, touristic shoes
- The Route is recommended to those who are in good shape.
