The St. Joseph Adit is one of the many mine workings in an important part of the Jihlava gold-bearing district - the Kocourské vein zone.
Mining of the local adit from the valley of the Turyňský brook took place in 1949-1950 as part of the exploration of the entire Jílové gold-bearing district. At the same time, an old adit mined eastwards from the valley of the Chotouňský brook was opened in the western part of Halíř. The mining of the old adit did not yield any interesting results. The new Haliri adit, which opened up the entire vein zone with its length of about 270 m, undercut extensive surface remains, possibly of medieval workings.
The Štěchovice dam is located near the village of the same name, about 28 kilometres south of Prague. Today, the main purpose of the reservoir is to balance peak flows from the Slapy and Orlík hydroelectric power stations. The flooded area of the dam is 95.7 m. It has found its use for recreation, navigation and sport.
Work on the St. Anthony of Padua adit was carried out in 1753 and 1754. Contemporary reports state that "they found an old work 22 láter (about 40 metres) deep, and as no promising vein was immediately seen, they abandoned the work." The adit was then inaccessible for more than 250 years.
Slapy Dam is located about 40 km south of Prague on the Vltava River, in the place where the legendary St. John's streams were.