Exploration of Kolárska adit

Today I only had a half-day time, so I said to myself, that I want finally look at "Kolárska" adit. About this adit, I did not know much,  even location i don't known. But curiosity leading me.

In the morning I drove by car to the recreation area "Stupy". I left the car at the first crossroads and I was continued walking uphill.

On the left side, I had a cottage of Forest Enterprise and I went near the forest spring with water tank.


I continued on the forest path until I come across an opened area in a glade of woods.

Here I left the forest path, and I went to the left side on the sloping track.

A few meters further, Sloping track brought me to the next forest glade.

It can be seen that it is autumn, at the glade hovered haze.

autumn mood

Having stayed a little embarrassed I did not know to find  way. According to some sources, the adit should be here, but there is nothing to suggest it. 
So I left the compartment on the down side and I inspected the space between the trees. Here I just found traces of an exploratory borehole. He said, I think that I go from the other side of glade. 
So I went through over the glade until the end, when I noticed through of fog something, which could be a heap.

I was searching a hint of forest road and climbed a few meters. Then emerged from the fog, heap of adit "Kolárska I.".

Heap of adit  "Kolárska I."

I ran to the heap, to look, how looks mouth of the adit.

Overgrown mouth of adit "Kolárska I."

Damn, a lot of raspberry and nettle. When I wanted to go to the end, so I first had to pave the way. Here I saw a small entry hole, completely overgrown with nettles. With the knife I did mow a nettle (If it is true that nettle rash acts against rheumatism, then I never got it).

I prepared for the entrance to the mine, and I crawled through relatively small entrance.

Entrance hole to the "Kolárksa" adit.

Adit immediately after the entry is divided into two corridors. I picked the right side.

Right tunnel

In the right corridor I was noticed, why is this mine exceptional. The mine was mined so-called stowing method.

This means that tailings isn't exported all out, but it has been based in mined areas. In the Small Carpathian region is the unique way of work.

Tailings is based into the mined areas.

A little further to the left, I found hall with a pond.

Pond in the adit

After closer look into the lake, it looks as if it was flooded entrance into lower floors.

Lake

After a few meters corridor ends, so I went back to the entrance, to examining the left corridor. After a few meters it divides again.

Further is the corridor divided again.

The right part after a few meters ends, 
and left part continues. 

I went the left corridor where it was at the bottom a little water.

Corridor is slightly cornering, and finally is bent at a 90 ° angle to the right, where is again divided into two dead-end corridors.

                

Then I turned around and went back to the entrance, and did crawled on soil slippage out of the mine.

To the right is east of the tunnel

I climbed out of the adit to the heap where I can take a break. From the heap, I looked around the neighborhood and down I saw a ditch of adit "Kolárska II." I went there to see.

Ditch of adit "Kolárska II."

Under the ditch I see high enough heap. When I was circumventing on  the left side, I see that half the heap is mined. It was who? To what ?

Mined heap of adit 

I went back to the compartment where I was in the morning. Once if I here, I can go a bit towards to "Rudné Bane" (Ore mines) in which I want to see closed portal of "Stefan Prekop".

Thus I went on a narrow forest road and after about 100 m. I found enclosed portal.

Štefan prekop

I haven't enough time, because I had to go for a son to football. I therefore I ran to the car and went for him with the fact, that here I will come back ...