From Mount Ricateau, the country’s coal mining history is told

And suddenly, through the green foliage, he appeared. Dark, bare and steep.
To him the slag heap, or the slag heap, this Mont Ricateau, which the Alesians will not look at for long! At the bottom of which René Doussière, the former school teacher turned into a guide through the Cévennes media sports association (1), continues to exist. For three hours, leaving the mine site of the witnesses on the heights of the Alès region in Rochebelle, the man mixes historical dates with ethnographic knowledge full of anecdotes. Always with this tutorial able to draw attention to bring young and old to the heart of the coal mining adventure that began in the 12th century.^e century

Mining operation started by Pierre-François Tubeuf with the first well built in 1776

This August morning, through a path giving access to the red earth, the sandstone disappears, as do the oaks, a new scene is set. An apple, ferrous earth with maritime pines provides the framework for this mining activity started by Pierre-François Tubeuf with the first well built in 1776. Three more will follow (Saint-Marie, Descours and Nouveau ) includes the transport of coal to Beaucaire, so the Rhône areas are responsible for the excellence of Paulin Talabot, the architect of the longest railway line in France. Anyway, Nîmes could return its branch to Grand-Combe because its vague arrangement in the columns of the station does not do justice to the character… century. by the monks of Cendras Abbey! “They also bear the chestnut tree” following René Doussière…
This coal, which was used during the industrial revolution up to the time of the war, gave a real city of workers. “Corons” grow in the heart of the Rochebelle area and the landscape has been changed by logging and planting maritime pine. Troubled by rapid growth, “with the ability to sing before breaking down” warning the miners of an imminent danger, the faults at the base have an endless settlement of the Cévennes, with the support of bringing fire​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ conquest…

With a height of 102 meters, volume
of 1 750 000 m3

Return to the base of Mont Ricateau, named after engineer Jean Ricateau, the subject of a reforestation effort that was halted by fire in 2004. Its dimensions reflect the intensity of extraction there the Alesian city wells. With a height of 102 meters, a volume of 1,750,000 m3, with a small brother, flat for safety reasons, of 450,000 m3, there is the power of numbers. And in awe of the slag pile that morning, the group of about ten people appreciated the fragile fumaroles that came out of the rock, a sign of this burning that has never stopped since was created. The living story of an economy that has disappeared for which the hearts of the Cévennes still beat. Despite the tragedies and crimes caused by the mention of the death of the miner Max Chaptal, who was killed by the French police during the strikes of 1948… In thanks for the services rendered to give