The Medes Mine is an open-pit Roman gold mine. We are in a secondary site. In primary gold, gold was extracted from the vein itself, while in secondary gold was extracted from the accumulations of materials resulting from the erosion of primary deposits.
The exploitation was first achieved through the superficial washing system. Later, a more elaborate extraction system was used, that of converging grooves, magnificently preserved over a large part of its surface. The exploitation area is divided into two levels: the lowest one on the banks of the Saa River with structures that are difficult to distinguish and the exploitation area with converging grooves where we can clearly see the deposits of aggregates resulting from the washing of the alluvium.
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