Pokol Manor House
Original function:
mansion / manor house
Current function:
abandoned
Address:
Borpatak, Borkúti völgy (Strada Valea Borcutului)
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
GPS coordinates:
47.6811079358, 23.5114534606
History
The mansion was built in 1903. Pokol Elek or Alexiu from Lozna became a teacher in the Greek Catholic Church school in Borpatak in 1892 (his name, pokol, means hell in Hungarian). He became a mine owner by marrying the owner of the building, a wealthy widow (Maria Vancea). He left the school and was only interested in gold mining. After eight years of searching in vain, he wanted to dismiss his workers. The workers gave up their wages and stayed. Less than a month later, on 24 March 1902, the first 75 kg gold nugget was found. In 1902, 4,000 kg of gold were brought to the surface. Pokol had become rich overnight. One of the first noble deeds of the former teacher was to build a church in Borpatak for the miners. In 1928 the mansion and the mine were taken over by a mining company, and in 1930 the mansion was bought by a Swiss industrialist E. Boissanos.
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