Flowerpot - barite tunnels

It is said about the mythical mountain Květnica that gold and silver were mined there in the ancient past. Even though in the Middle Ages mining really took place in several places in the vicinity, nothing was confirmed here by field surveys. The first historically documented mining here dates back to the middle of the 19th century. Barite became the most sought-after raw material here. At the time of the greatest expansion of its mining in the years 1905-08, Květnica...