This is an old, still preserved pit shell for the extraction of various products from resin, called pitch. The oil products obtained by fire in the distillation process (including colophony and turpentine oil) were reused in paper, paint, soap, cable and shoe polish factories.

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Elevation 630 m

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Saturday 28 March

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54 %

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Location: Eibenstock, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany

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