位于湖北省大冶县的铜绿山古矿冶遗址,是建国后的一次重要发现,它初步揭示了古代采矿和冶铜的生产情况,填补了我国冶金史上的一个空白,具有重要的学术价值。1982年被国务院公布为第二批全国重点文物保护单位之一。这一重要发现最初是由一封来信引发的。事情发生在20年前 1973年10月20日,中国历史博物馆收到湖北省大冶县铜绿山矿革命委员会写来的一封信(图一),还寄来一件古代铜斧(图二)。信中说:“我矿露天采场工人在今年开采+5米平台(实际从65年开始开采至今已下挖50米左右)Ⅱ~#矿体时,挖出这种铜斧和各种 The ancient copper mine site located in Daye County, Hubei Province, was an important discovery after the founding of the People’s Republic of China. It revealed the production of ancient mining and smelting copper and filled a gap in the history of metallurgy in our country. It has important academic value. In 1982 it was announced by the State Council as one of the second batch of national key cultural relics protection units. This important discovery was originally triggered by a letter. It happened 20 years ago On October 20, 1973, the China History Museum received a letter from the Revolutionary Committee of Tonglushan Mine in Daye County, Hubei Province (Figure 1), and also sent an ancient copper ax ). The letter said: "My mine open-pit workers mining this year, +5 m platform (actually starting from 65 mining has been dug 50 meters so far) Ⅱ ~ # ore body, dug up the copper ax and various