Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета (Sep 2014)
ANCIENT MINES OF CHECHULIHA SALAIR ORE MINING SITE
Abstract
The paper provides the historiographical information from written and cartographic sources about Chechuliha copper and silver mine development. The mine exploitation took place in the 1786 – 1789 and it was discovered by ores finder Dmitry Popov. As a many archaeologically studied deposits of Altai, Kazakhstan, Khakass-Minusinsk hollow, the described ore mining site of Salair mountain-ridge was discovered due to ancient mines. The identification on the ground, first archaeological studies and collections of lifting materials,that were carried out by the authors, revealed the presence of two types of ancient mines – prospective pits and quarries, located at the rock outcrops on the surface. The results of investigations let attribute the site to archaeological mines. All the identified objects may be named a historical and cultural complex, uniting traces of ancient mining and ore mining objects of the 18th century.
