Termination of mining on the mine Schoeller/Nejedlý/Kladno in the eyes of miners

"Black Kladno" - a name inextricably linked with the largest city of the Central Bohemian clearly reflects the former industrial face of Kladno. In addition to the steel industry here had long tradition just coal mining and its phasing, which culminated early in 2002 close of the last Kladno Mine Schoeller / Nejedly / Kladno, had an impact on a large number of people who have worked in this field. In addition, mine closure linked solely with the decline of mining activities after 1991, but also with a methane explosion, which occurred at the mine in late 2001, and died with him four people. This thesis using qualitative research methods in the form of oral history interviews devoted to the completion of mining the bottom Schoeller / Nejedly / Kladno, as it was perceived by miners and other employees of the mine, compensate the loss of jobs often lasting many years, and their search for new employment. As the main source of information for the actual parts are used extensive publication Josefa Suldovského Chronicle mining Czech lands and collective work Coal mining in the Kladno: History Kladno- Slaný-Rakovník basin. For more information regarding mining directly Kladensko then a series of regional publications and printing. The work is divided into five parts. The introduction briefly summarizes..