The mine was established in 1813 on the site of a medieval water-mining mine. In 1909 the mine reached a depth of 1,128 metres and had 32 levels. The main shaft building, Malakow No. 292, dates from 1879 and is the only one in the district to retain the steel structure of the mining tower.
The mine complex consists of the former placer building from 1880 (No. 297), the engine house with a historic piston compressor, the miners' baths No. 322, the cachern No. 293 and the officials' dwelling house and the timbered miners' house. The silver and lead ore from this mine was transported by a narrow-gauge railway to the processing plant at the Vojtěch mine; its replica from 2006 is a tourist attraction.
Anna Mine and Prokopská Adit
The mine was established in 1784. The main shaft building was built over the pit in the mid-19th century. The main shaft building, which represents typical industrial architecture of a romantic character, was adjoined by a two-storey miners' registration building. Gradually, the Anna Mine became the centre of silver and lead mining in the Birch Mountains.
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In 1896, the miners crossed the 1,000-metre mark when digging a pit here. In 1913, a mining tower was built above the shaft building, the mining machine was repaired in the workshops of the company. Breitfeld-Daněk. The mining tower had two mining drums with dimensions of 6 x 1 m with a rope gear.
The mining mechanism was driven by a two-cylinder steam engine with valve steam distribution, manufactured in 1912 by Akciová spol., formerly Breitfeld-Daněk, Prague. The total height of the extraction machine including the extraction drums is 8 metres. In 1941, the maximum depth of 1 464.3 m was reached at Anna. The last 39th level was 1 449.3 m. Until the mid-1950s it was the deepest shaft in Czechoslovakia.
Vojtěch Mine
The mine was struck in 1779 and named after the patron saint of miners, Vojtěch. The opening and success of the mine was directly related to the work and reforms of the local foreman and metallurgist Jan Antonín Alis. Five years after its opening, the mine was already showing a profit of 23% and continued to prosper in the following decades.
The shaft building was built in 1870 in the Malakow style. In 1889, a steam engine by Breitfeld & Daněk was installed for direct mining from a depth of up to 1,300 metres and served without major interference until mining ceased. Silver and lead ore from the Shevchin mine was transported by narrow gauge railway to the local processing plant. After 1945, the administration of the mine was taken over from the State Silver and Lead Mines by the Příbram Ore Mines, n.p. Příbram, and after several other organisational changes the local mines were handed over to the administration of the Ore Mines, n.p. Příbram in 1958. Mining activities ceased in 1978.
The complex of buildings of the Ševčín Mine, Anna Mine and Vojtěch Mine is part of the Mining Museum of the Březové hory, which is managed by the Mining Museum Příbram.
Příbram VI – Březové Hory 29, 274, 293, 261 01 Příbram, Czechia
