Tilas Stoll dates from 1767 and was then run by two mining boys from Sala. The "stoll" is named after the mayor Daniel Tilas (1712-1772) and was initially intended as a place of inquiry. It can later of course be used for the extraction of ore and other minerals. Initially, the "stoll" is made, which you can see on the smooth surfaces, but further into the use of powder. The "stoll" is about 25 meters long and you walk onto a built footbridge. A "stoll" is a day resort, which is a horizontal place or a mine called by laymen, who at one end have a connection of a vertical mountain side. Usually, the opening of the chair is in a mountain side or slope and leads into break rooms or further in located shafts. A common purpose of "stolls" was to drain a mine from water. Prior to the breakthrough of the steam engine, county maintenance was one of the major problems of mining.
Finding Tilas Stoll
There have been some difficulties in finding Tilas Stoll. Check the maps available at the parking areas before you start your hike.
See the map of Högbergsfältet
From Filipstad: Drive through Persberg, turn right 300 meters after Persberg at the sign for Högbergsfältet. Follow the road until you reach the first parking area with an outhouse and sign. There are three parking areas in the nature reserve: one at the first hiking point (with an outhouse), one further along the gravel road, and one at Kapellet if you turn left when the road splits.
From Kapellet, it is just under 800 meters to Tilas Stoll. Follow the trail along the water until you reach the troll "Tilas Troll" with an associated grill area. There you will find the entrance to Tilas Stoll.
If you start at the first parking area (with the outhouse), the hike is longer and more hilly. The landmark to look for is the lake, as the entrance is from the lakeside.
Högbergsfältet on a peninsula in Lake Yngen consists of 15 mines with 200 deep fenced in mine shafts which were worked from 15th century. These are among the oldest mines in Bergslagen.
Högbergsfältet
Högbergsfältet, 68240 Filipstad
