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The shaftbuilding and machinebuilding of shaft-II of the former Oranje-Nassau-I mine is on the CBS-grounds in Heerlen at the Kloosterweg.
The mine was working from 1899 until 1974; the shaftbuilding (Malakov-type) is now used by the GEON-museum.
Lots of information on the former mine can be found on the following sites:
geonheerlen.nl,
ta.tudelft.nl,
demijnen.nl,
carboon.org,
oranje-nassau.com,
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