Joachimsthal

Joachimsthal, a mining town of Bohemia, at an altitude of 2400 feet, on the southern slopes of the Erzgebirge, 10 miles N. of Carlsbad. In the 16th century the mines yielded large quantities of silver; but the production of this mineral has now dwindled down to less than 250 cwt. a year. Besides silver the mines yield nickel, bismuth, and uranium. There is a royal uranium factory. The people manufacture tobacco, gloves, lace, &c. The first German thalers or dollars (see DOLLAR) were coined here. Pop. 6628.