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PRIBRAM
, a See also:town of Bohemia, See also:Austria, 39 m
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S.W. of See also:Prague by See also:rail
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Pop
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(190o), 13,576, together with the adjoining town-See also:ship of Birkenberg, 19,119, almost exclusively See also:Czech
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It lies in a valley between the hills of Birkenberg and Heiliger See also:Berg, and in its neighbourhood are the See also:lead and See also:silver mines which belong to the See also:Austrian See also:government and are worked in nine shafts, two of which, the See also:Adalbert See also:shaft (3637 ft.) and the Maria shaft, (3575 ft.) are the deepest in the See also:world
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The mines have been worked for several centuries, but their actual prosperity See also:dates from 1770, when the sinking of the Adalbert shaft began
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They yield yearly an See also:average of 8o,000 lb of silver and 1900 tons of lead
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At the See also:top of the Heiliger Berg (1889 ft.) is a See also: |
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