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After giving a short history of flint pits within the territory of Poland of whom those oldest may be dated as far (back as some 20 000 years ago the author described the state of preservation of these pits, ditches and areas in which were manufactured the flint implements stating that they disappear as a consequence of extensive deep plouhings. As a quite rare exception can be quoted here the flint pit a t Krzemionki Opatowskie that has heen subjected to strict protection. Concluding his considerations the author advanced a proposal that all traces of pre-historic mining be carefully safeguarded for the future generations through purchasing of soils and forming of archaeological sites.