On Thursday, February 16, we reported that an old mining shaft collapsed in Lubków (Warta Bolesławiecka municipality), leaving a 200-meter-deep hole (50 meters to the water table; approximately 8 meters in diameter) on private property. Fortunately, no one was injured. We asked Jolanta Piątek, spokesperson for the Kombinat, what KGHM would do with the collapsed shaft. – On Tuesday, February 21, boreholes will be drilled in the ground around the shaft (opening) to determine whether the area is safe (that is, free of loose soil, cavities, etc.), the spokesperson explains. – The geotechnical opinion will provide the basis for further action, in particular for issuing an opinion on whether the building located near the shaft can be occupied again.
She adds: – At the same time, it is not certain whether this land actually belongs to the legal successor of the Konrad and Lubichów mines, namely ZG Lubin. In 1998, the construction-industry investor WKiZB Atlas acquired, among other things, part of the Lubichów mine (the Gypsum and Anhydrite Mine). The matter is being analyzed.