From 12th August 1845, the well-known Viennese jeweller Salomon Johann Nepomuk Goldschmidt took over the mine. A sophisticated business plan soon brought its “fruits” and mining became profitable after years. Among other things, Johann Nepomuk made a huge popularity of the jewel and its sale. He introduced a new system..Dozvedieť sa viac…
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Before the end of the millennium, groups of volunteers sought to protect mines from invasions by vandals, thieves, and other adventurers who illegally entered them and ruthlessly destroyed their history. They developed the first plans for their accessibility and tourist use.
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.
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.
When Isabella Jagiellon, daughter of the Polish King Sigismund I, got married to the King of Hungary Ján Zápoľský in 1539, she was given an exceptional jewel as a gift. The impressive gold pendant was fitted with sixteen opals in the shape of tear, which undoubtedly came from the locality..Dozvedieť sa viac…
Many local legends speak of opal mining in the Slánske vrchy mountains in the times before Christ. However, based on an expert assessment of regional findings, underground mining was launched around the 11th century.
How did opal get to the city of Alexander the Great? Who inhabited the wilderness in the Slánske vrchy mountains? The successful wandering of the beautiful opal is the work of Germanic tribes and enterprising Roman merchants who never missed any opportunity to please their not less charming Egyptian queen…Dozvedieť sa viac…
Opal enchanted the Greek poet Onomakritos so much that he compared it to a child’s face in his poem. It was also intensely admired by the Roman philosopher Gaius Julius Solinus, who attributed extraordinary magical effects to the mysterious stone of sixty colours. In his book Naturalis Historia, one of..Dozvedieť sa viac…
In 2015, the mine managed to re-open and create a basic tourist circuit.