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Krivoy Rog – it is not only the mines
Not far from the area Artema in Saksahan region of Krivoy Rog is a natural phenomenon - Oil shale rock. They stretch along the right bank of the river between the mines SAKSAGAN "Artem-1" and "North" for 250 meters and covers an area of four hectares. If you get closer to a rock and a closer look, it seems that it is composed of bricks of different sizes and colors. "Brickwork" out of the ground at an angle of about 45-30 °. Some breeds like a huge layer cake of plates in black. During the blue-black schist and called "slate" ("adder" in Greek means "snake"). These plates were used as a slate boards and as roofing material. Hence the name of the village, appeared side by side - Pokrovsky.