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834 – Banská Štiavnica — Ondrej šachta
Museum site
Former gold and silver mining shaft at Banská Štiavnica, now the centrepiece of the Banské múzeum v prírode open-air mining museum, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
829 – Pezinok — Kolársky vrch
Mine core
Former antimony-pyrite mining deposit at Kolársky vrch near Pezinok in the Malé Karpaty, one of Slovakia’s largest hydrothermal antimony deposits.
832 – Solivar Prešov — Leopoldova šachta
Mine core
Historic salt and brine shaft at Solivar, Prešov, begun in 1571 and later covered by one of Central Europe’s largest horse-gin buildings.
843 – Štôlňa Zuzana
Mine core
Iron-ore and mercury adit in the Žakarovce mining district near Gelnica, active from at least the 16th century and served by Slovakia's first rack railway from 1884.
Historic Shaft No. IV, also associated with Ferdinand shaft, in the Kremnica gold-silver mining district.
831 – Baňa Handlová — Východná šachta
Mine core
Closed brown coal mine shaft at Handlová, site of Slovakia's worst modern mining disaster on 10 August 2009.
827 – Banská Štiavnica — Žigmund šachta
Mine core
Historic silver mine shaft in Banská Štiavnica with a surviving baroque pump engine house, part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site.