Miners being lowered by ropes into the silver mines near Bansk Stiavnica (also called Selmechbanya or Scheminitz) in central Slovakia. From the 11th century until 1918 it was part of the kingdom of Hungary. Engraving, 1805.

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Miners being lowered by ropes into the silver mines near Bansk Stiavnica (also called Selmechbanya or Scheminitz) in central Slovakia. From the 11th century until 1918 it was part of the kingdom of Hungary. Engraving, 1805.

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