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Kosovo, Pristina

Novo Brdo medieval mines

Mineral locality Documented siteRestricted

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals
Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
GoldGold

Also reported: galena, sphalerite, slag (viewing).

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0), West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), BLM Alaska (Public domain).

Why this spot

One of medieval Europe's great silver-gold mining towns, worked by Saxon miners from the 1200s

Extensively documented in Balkan mining history; fortress and spoil fields survive.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

open medieval shafts

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