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It is one of many dozens of mine workings in this part of the Kocour vein zone, in the Hrádecká Hill. The turn of the 17th and 18th centuries marked the first major revival of gold mining since the Hussite Troubles after three centuries of decline. The interest of miners was concentrated mainly on the Kocoura zone, where old works were opened and new mines were established. The miners of Prince Josef Wilhelm Fürstenberg worked in the vicinity of the Old Curonian Adit in the middle of the 18th century.

The security of the abandoned mine was carried out between 2005 and 2007 by the state enterprise Diamo. Since 2007, the rights and obligations to the mine have been transferred to the museum.

The first visitors were welcomed in 2008. The security of the adit was carried out sensitively with regard to its accessibility to the public, by means of a timber that was placed in the original cut-out rock footings. The visitor route is unique not only in Jílové, but also among other accessible mine workings in our country. It runs on two levels, the connection between them is made by a system of seven ladders and lofts in the original narrow chimney. In addition, the corridor is not illuminated, each visitor passes through a tour circuit with a real miner's lamp. The size of the workings is the largest of the three accessible adits, the walls show traces of hand drilling, and the method of quarrying documents the technology used in the 18th century.