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The are located 30 km south of Monbetsu, Abashiri Subprefecture, Hokkaidō, Japan (44° 23' North : 143° 22' East). The initial discovery was in 1915 and from then until 1973, when the mine was closed, some 73 tons of gold and more than 1200 tons of silver were produced by the Sumitomo group. It was one of the richest gold mines in Japan and referred to as "the biggest goldmine in the Orient". At its peak in the 1940s, 13,000 miners, their families, and attendant merchants lived in the area.〔http://www.sumitomo.gr.jp/english/discoveries/special/94_01.html〕 File:Kōnomai01.JPG|Right: The monument of Konomai Left: The cenotaph for the victims of mining accidents File:Kōnomai02.JPG|The chimney of the old refinery which is visible from Prefectural Route 305 File:Kōnomai03.JPG|Ruin of Konomai ==See also== * Toi Gold Museum * Toi gold mine * Japanese mining and energy resources (World War II) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Konomai gold mine」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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