Bucium

A surface and underground gold mining site. On the surface hushing tanks were supplied by aqueducts leading to the Breaza Mountain. One working face, the Leruga, measures 20m wide and 30m deep. Another, the Maria Loretto, measures 30,000 m³ but it may have been exploited in multiple periods. Underground mining also took place with galleries measuring 2m x 1.5m complete with lamp niches. In 1929 pieces of a wooden water wheel were found. Nearby Roman settlement and graveyard have been identified. A particularly rich site for Roman artefacts including some epigraphy.

Gold,

Hushing, Underground Mining,