Attorney Gabriel Fejérváry became a new tenant of the mines, who probably drew the first mining maps of this area. It was he who was responsible for the system of “correct” mining and a great future began to be drawn for the site.
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In 1922, mining in opal mines was terminated and mines closed for almost 100 years.
Jozef Rumpler had devastated the deposit by spontaneous opal mining, which led to the withdrawal of the deposit and a new lease to Marek Szentiványi. After him, there was silence in the mines, as there was no candidate to apply for the lease.
The last tenant of the old era of opal mining was the French company Bittner – Belangenoy.
It seems that there have been many controversies over opal mining. At the end of the 18th century, the monarch entrusted mining to the Viennese jeweller Joseph Rumpler. However, it was not long before the company Neumány took over the mines tenancy. However, this position did not long in the..Dozvedieť sa viac…
The opal mine administration was separated from the Mining Directorate in Banská Štiavnica and assigned to the Salt Mine Administration in Solivar.
In 1789, Anton Ruprecht, professor of the Mining Academy in Banská Štiavnica, drew up a report on the status of opal deposits. The image of the existing mining area is still preserved in it, together with period instructions and plans. In his presence, the first experimental tunnel opened in the..Dozvedieť sa viac…
Opal mines were visited by Prof. Dr. František Slávik, an important Czech mineralogist, to assess the condition of mines and choose the next procedure.
During the reign of Joseph II., the company Neumány and Koletsch received exclusive mining rights.
After World War I, Austria-Hungary fell apart and opal mines became part of Czechoslovakia.