The Mining of Iron Ore in the Central Region of the Moravian Karst

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Result language
angličtina
Original language name
The Mining of Iron Ore in the Central Region of the Moravian Karst
Original language description
Slavic bloomeries were already in operation in the traditional iron region of the Moravian Karst from the 8th to the 11th century. Iron hammer mills were operated there in the last of Middle Ages and were later replaced at the beginning of the 17th century by production in ironworks equipped with charcoal blast furnaces (Adamov, Blansko, Jedovnice, Josefov), whose use declined at the end of the 19th century. Iron ore obtained for the use of local ironworks was mined in the region roughly surrounded by the present-day villages of Olomučany, Rudice, Habrůvka and Babice nad Svitavou, though this region was designated as the Rudice Plateau and Babice Plateau. Limonite iron ore was mined from shallow depths, though in some cases the depth of mines rose to the surface and the ore was mined in open working. Near the village of Rudice the ore was extraordinarily mined at depths of more than 100 m to 140 m. Ore layers ranges mostly the lenses and layers up to 1,2 m thickness, but the north of B
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
Mining and the Development of the Landscape. 7th International Symposium on archaeological Mining History
ISBN
9789079491117
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Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
50-59
Publisher name
Institute Europa Subterranea
Place of publication
Valkenburg aan de Geul
Event location
Jihlava
Event date
Jan 1, 2012
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
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