Jianzigou Coal Production Line

Jianzigou Coal Production Line

Jianzigou Coal Production Line is a cultural tourism attraction.

Jianzigou Coal Production Line. Discovered as a new cultural relic during the Third National Cultural Relics Census in 2008, it has not yet been designated as a protected cultural heritage site. It belongs to the category of important modern and contemporary historical sites and representative buildings—specifically industrial architecture and ancillary structures. Located on the west side of Jianzigou in Dongyaofang Community, Caiwa Subdistrict Office, Mining District, it covers an area of approximately 6,050 square meters. According to Liu Shoudeng (nickname: Liu Sanhai), a 76-year-old former child laborer and now elderly miner (in 2008), the mine was originally built by the Yangquan Baoshun Company. When its chimney was dismantled, bricks were found inscribed with the year “13th Year of the Republic of China” (1924). In 1937, when the Japanese army occupied Yangquan, they seized the mine and employed Chinese laborers and miners. They used the pillar-retaining mining method and introduced electricity into production, constructing a coal production line consisting of a shaft mine, coal washing line, and coal loading line. This production line remained in use until Japan's surrender in 1945. Currently, one vertical-shaft pit mouth, one coal washing production line, and two office courtyards remain.