12/5/2011
On December 3, 2011, in connection with the eve of St. Barbara’s Day, NWR KARBONIA has celebrated a Day of a New Beginning for the Dębieńsko Mine. The event was started by a Holy Mass dedicated to the miners held in the Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus in Czerwionka. Archbishop Wiktor Skworc has blessed the rebuilt monument to fallen miners and the new St. Barbara image.
The celebration was attended by many state and local government representatives. The event was not only important for the company, but also for the whole community of Czerwionka-Leszczyny
The guests had a chance to participate in a traditional beer hall (in Polish: karczma piwna) which included traditional initiation rite called the “jump over the leather apron” (in Polish: “skok przez skórę”).
This day, however, shall not only be associated with the feast, but also with the “New beginning” for the Dębieńsko Mine. Zdenek Bakala, Jan Fabian (Chairman of the Board) and George Klinowski (Vice-chairman of the Board) have driven a shovel into the ground starting construction of the Slope1.
Mr Bakala has started a new clock and a new life of the Dębieńsko Mine. The old clock was stopped 11 years ago when the former mine was closed.
