The paper presents the results of experimental examination of the weathering grade of granite rock mass in the medieval Jeroným Mine (Czech Republic). This mine is declared as a cultural heritage site of the Czech Republic therefore, non-destructive methods for determination of the Schmidt hammer rebound value and the ultrasonic pulse velocity were used to minimize negative impact on the historical workings during in situ exploration. Weathering grade of selected parts of the rockmass in underground spaces was classified visually according to the assumed classification (Hencher and Martin, 1982 in Vahed et al., 2009) and the above mentioned measurements were performed in these parts. Results show that the rebound value and the ultrasonic pulse velocity are decreasing with increasing weathering grade for all investigated parts. Therefore this result is possible to use as a supplementary method for evaluation of weathering grade of rock massif in this mine., Markéta Lednická and Zdeněk Kaláb., and Obsahuje bibliografické odkazy
The oldest mine cavities of the Jeroným Mine were already mined out more than 400 years ago. That is why it is necessary to determine the stability of individual parts of underground spaces. The assessment of stability of mine cavities is based on the long-term monitoring of chosen parameters. A distributed measurement network has been operated here using several different types of sensors. A laser distance meter that is used for measuring the height of a large chamber is one of these sensors. The results obtained from this monitoring are presented. Even if no apparent correlation seems to be visible between Earth’s tides and LDM variations, some features of recorded data, like dynamical frequency crossover in the power spectrum, could be due to the tidal cycles of the Earth., Zdeněk Kaláb, Markéta Lednická, Jaromír Knejzlík and Luciano Telesca., and Obsahuje bibliografii