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Mining-and-industrial heritage ? underground workings, open areas of former mining works, natural caves and underground cavities are, in many cases in critical condition and pose a safety threat to the tourists visiting those. On the other hand, such places, have significant historical, technological and landscape value. Moreover, these objects are also crucial for the development of tourism, attracting a lot of visitors by their uncommonness. Underground space for tourism purposes is often used by the specialists...

High qualitative and quantitative requirements for dimension stone on the building materials market make producers update the methods used currently to assess natural fracturing in areas of interest at various levels when prospecting potential zones. As most well-exposed areas are already being quarried, new areas are most efficiently prospected using statistical and mining-geometric methods and the data obtained are analyzed. Locating dimension stone prospects is a multi-stage process. Analysis of large areas per...