The last active uranium mine in the Jáchymov mining district,was shut down in 1965. Pitchblende was mined here from a depth of nearly 500 metres and, today, a huge spoil heap serves as a reminder of the extent of mining.
Fig.:
1. Situation
2. Jeroným old: View to Abertamy from Plešivec around the year 1965, in the middle of the right headframe of the Jeroným Mine is visible
3. Jeroným: Spoil heap of the Jeroným Mine