The St. Veit deposit consisted of several
mining districts, which were called
Schlegelberg, auf der Au, Ragglgraben,
Schwanhalt and Meseneben. There
is documented evidence of mining in
Ragglgraben from 1519 to 1531.
Mining was last mentioned as “reopened”
in 1563 and 1564 and may have acted as a
replacement for the abandoned pits at auf
der Au.
The Weitmoser mining shareholders,
known from gold mining in Gastein
and Rauris, operated both the mines
at auf der Au and in Ragglgraben. They
owned the pits further down, while the
Katzpeck mining shareholder owned the
upper tunnels. The names of the tunnels
Gesellenbau, St. Johann, Heilig Kreuz, St.
Adam, St. Georgian and Auffahrt have
been handed down from this time.
Copper ore mining was done here with low levels of golden silver. The ores obtained were processed at the smelting works in St. Veit im Pongau. The mines around St. Veit were classic examples of “subsidiary mines”, as small metallurgical suppliers were called.