THE MINE "REICHER TROST"
The German name of the mine meant "The rich consolation". In 1961 the last appliances of the mine stopped working and now you can see only the rest of the foundations. The mining work that lasted here, in this ravine, for about 650 years finished. Till the end, for more than 250 years, the pit "Jan" was exploited. Some remains of it we can still see in the site. The pit was built at the beginning of the 19th century in the mine "Reicher Trost". Then it was called "Reden". The early days of the mine go back to the first half of the 16th century. Then the ore was mined here up to the depth of 100 metres. In the 18th century the horse gear-powered "kunszt" was built. It was used for bailing out the water. The "kunszt" made it possible to mine the ore below the level of the drain drift "Emanuel". At the beginning of the 20th century the deepest pit of the mine reached the depth of 300 metres (almost 200 metres below the level of the drain drift "Emanuel". It was possible owing to the installation of steam pumps and later electric pumps.
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The photograph of the buildings of the mine taken in 1933 and the earlier drawing by Lohmann.
In the 16th century most foundries, where the gold was smelted, were located on the premises of the present Plastics and Paints Chemical Plant. Later in the same place arsenic plants were built. The ore was carried in the horse carriages from the output shafts through the whole town. It lasted until the year 1922 when the mine "Reicher Trost" was underground joined with the drift "Gertruda" (of length of 1200 metres). Since then the output was carried along the drift with the electric narrow gauge railway straight to the jaw breaker that was located by the mouth of the ravine (where "The Gold Mine" is now).
In the photographs taken in 1933: the miners hewing in the rock some holes for the explosive materials and pouring the ore into the tubs of the electric narrow gauge railway.
The German name of the mine meant "The rich consolation". In 1961 the last appliances of the mine stopped working and now you can see only the rest of the foundations. The mining work that lasted here, in this ravine, for about 650 years finished. Till the end, for more than 250 years, the pit "Jan" was exploited. Some remains of it we can still see in the site. The pit was built at the beginning of the 19th century in the mine "Reicher Trost". Then it was called "Reden". The early days of the mine go back to the first half of the 16th century. Then the ore was mined here up to the depth of 100 metres. In the 18th century the horse gear-powered "kunszt" was built. It was used for bailing out the water. The "kunszt" made it possible to mine the ore below the level of the drain drift "Emanuel". At the beginning of the 20th century the deepest pit of the mine reached the depth of 300 metres (almost 200 metres below the level of the drain drift "Emanuel". It was possible owing to the installation of steam pumps and later electric pumps.
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The photograph of the buildings of the mine taken in 1933 and the earlier drawing by Lohmann.
In the 16th century most foundries, where the gold was smelted, were located on the premises of the present Plastics and Paints Chemical Plant. Later in the same place arsenic plants were built. The ore was carried in the horse carriages from the output shafts through the whole town. It lasted until the year 1922 when the mine "Reicher Trost" was underground joined with the drift "Gertruda" (of length of 1200 metres). Since then the output was carried along the drift with the electric narrow gauge railway straight to the jaw breaker that was located by the mouth of the ravine (where "The Gold Mine" is now).
In the photographs taken in 1933: the miners hewing in the rock some holes for the explosive materials and pouring the ore into the tubs of the electric narrow gauge railway.
 The opening ceremony of the electric narrow gauge railway in 1921 in the presence of Wilhelm Guttler, the owner of the mine. |
 The tubs of the electric narrow gauge railway at the mouth of the drift "Gertruda". |
 The electric narrow gauge railway carrying the ore grinded in the breakers. |
