Brusson The gold mine of Chamousira

The Chamousira gold mine is an important gold mining site in the Aosta Valley, located in the municipality of Brusson and which has only recently been recovered.

These are one of the most famous mines in terms of gold talk in the Western Alps.
They are located in a panoramic position on the Val d’Ayas and allow the discovery of the fascinating underground world of the ancient gold mine of Brusson.The importance of the Chamousira gold mineThe Chamousira gold mine is extremely valuable to the Valley’s industrial economy, as gold is mainly extracted from here in its “native state,” that is, on its own, without having to be separated from other minerals.Around the Monte Rosa Instead, there is a kind of band where gold is most frequently found.
But here, in addition to gold in its native state, there is also gold mixed with other minerals.

This is precisely the big difference between the Chamousira mine and the mining belt of the Monte Rosa: the mines of Brusson are rich in pure gold.The History of the Chamousira Gold MineThe mine of Chamousira was only discovered around 1899.
A Swiss Society began to do research combined with what it was already doing in the area of Challand-Saint-Anselme and realized that the veins in the Chamousira mines were extremely rich. Excavations began in the very early years of the twentieth century, and in 1902 the mines passed to the British company “The Evançon Gold Mining Company Limited,” which was able to exploit the mine more.

Exploitation by the British lasted from 1902 until 1907-1908.
Then, a series of vicissitudes caused the work to be abandoned.

Then in 1937 began a second period of exploitation of the mine by Commendator Rivetti of Turin, who succeeded in extracting a few dozen lodes of gold. The Chamousira gold mine todayThanks to the numerous recovery operations, it is now possible to visit the Chamousira gold mines accompanied by specialized guides, and the underground route, if done safely, is truly impressive.

Decommissioned mine sites are indeed very dangerous places.
Therefore, it is only possible to explore mines internally within a certain limit.
However, it is forbidden to break into the actual tunnels.