Ueda Silver Mine

...occupies the valley of the Sari River, a tributary of the Uono River, and the upper reaches of the Tadami River in the east, and lies on the border with Fukushima and Gunma prefectures. The Ueda Silver Mine was discovered in 1641 (Kan'ei 18), and as a result of development by the Takada Domain, a mining town with 1,000 houses emerged during the Genroku period (1688-1704), and flourished. As a result, each settlement in the Sari River valley prospered as a post town on the Ginzan Kaido road, but declined when the mines closed at the end of the Edo period. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…魚野川の支流佐梨川の谷と東部の只見川上流域を占め，福島･群馬両県との県境にある。1641年(寛永18)上田銀山が発見され，高田藩により開発が進められた結果，元禄年間(1688‐1704)には戸数1000戸の鉱山町が出現し盛況をきわめた。これに伴って，佐梨川の谷の各集落は銀山街道の宿として栄えたが，江戸末期の閉山とともに衰えた。…

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