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Eva mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republici

Regional Level Types
Eva mine	Mine (Abandoned)
Jáchymov	Municipality
Karlovy Vary District	District
Karlovy Vary Region	Region
Czech Republic	Country

The Eva Apfelbaum Mine (Eve's Apple Tree) is mentioned in his work "Sarepta" by the Jáchymov preacher Johannes Mathesius. He describes the discovery of silver wires "like a goose quill that is thick and half a cubit long." This mine was located in the vicinity of the village of Werlsgrün (Zálesí). In 1801, the state bought out the shares in this mine and became its sole owner. As early as 1850, the mine was closed and the inhabitants of Zálesí, who were employed here, returned to cattle breeding or forest work.

During a survey of the subsoil carried out in 1947, indications of the presence of uranium ore were found during the excavation of the shaft, so the old mine was reconstructed into the Eva mine. After World War II, prisoners of war were deployed to work here, followed by Czechoslovak prisoners from the Eliáš and Mariánská camps.

After the end of uranium mining, an interesting situation arose as part of the reclamation of the area and the erasure of traces of massive uranium mining. It was decided that the abandoned buildings would be taken over by the Okresní národní výbor Most ("District National Committee of Most") and that it would establish an outdoor school here. Classrooms were thus created in place of the workshops, a gymnasium was converted from the engine room above the mining pit and the prison barracks became bedrooms, a kitchen and a dining room. This school in nature was still in operation at the beginning of the nineties of the twentieth century. Today, there are only foundations of the buildings.

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Wikipedia:	https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C5%AFl_Eva_(J%C3%A1chymov)
Wikidata ID:	Q21515452

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