Urban exploration: Hasard collieries, Cheratte
Feb 02, 2005 · The NeoGothic Coal Mine... The building of these collieries began in 1860. Closed in 1977, the coal mine in Cheratte belonging to 'Les Charbonnages du Hasard' still retained 600 miners, but during the production peaks this number was over 1500. It was the first coal exploitation electrically powered in Belgium.