ISTORIJAT RESAVICE Počeci rudarenja u resavsko-mo- ravskom basenu vezuju sa za pri- padnike Rimskog carstva koji su na lokalitetu u ataru sela Strmo- stena iskopavali zlato. Rudarenje na istom terenu nastavlja se i u srednjem veku. Sredinom 19. veka u selu Miliva otvoren je prvi rudnik uglja u Srbiji, a po nalogu kneza Miloša Obrenovića. Ubrzo je otvo- ren i ugljenokop u Senjskom rudni- ku 1853, koji je danas najstariji ak- tivni rudnik mrkog uglja u Srbiji. HISTORY OF MINING IN THE RESAVA MORAVIAN BASIN The beginnings of mining in the Re- sava-Moravian Basin are linked to members of the Roman Empire, who dug for gold on a site in the Stros- tena village area. Mining continued in the same area into the Middle Ages. It was in the mid-19 th centu- ry, by order of Prince Miloš Obreno- vić, that the rst coal mine in Serbia was opened in the village of Miliva. Another coal mine soon opened in Senj in 1853, with the Senj Mine to- day remaining as the oldest active brown coal mine in Serbia.
B eautiful and smiling, these courageous women descend fearlessly on a daily basis into the three pits of Resav- ica, in Eastern Serbia’s municipality of Despotovac, on the slopes of Mount Kučaj. They are concentrated, com- mitted and precise. They say that they aren’t scared of the dark- ness of the pits or the heavy mining work. “What fear?! We don’t have time for that kind of thing. The mining pit is like a second home to us,”they say in unison as they prepare to show us what their working day looks like. They vary in age. The eldest is 57 and the youngest just 24. Working in the mine is a family tradition for some of them, and they themselves earn a living from the mine. They remain down the pit for about four hours. They hand back the equipment en- trusted to them in the morning at around 1pm, then wash and head to the o ce, where they all continue working until 3pm, when their workday ends Some arrived in Resavica seeking work and a better life. They work in the mine as pit measuring sta , technicians, standardis- ing o cers, engineers etc. They explain that their husbands al- so work there. From their mining salary they can pay to educate their children, so they view the mine like the apple of their eye and nothing is di cult for them.
Everything’s easier with a joke, even going down the pit for a tough working day. These lady miners say that there’re plenty of jokes among them Uz šalu je sve lakše, pa i odlazak u jamu i naporan radni dan. Toga kod njih, kažu rudarke, ima napretek
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