The central building of the mining area on the Sauberg hill is the three-story shaft building of the main vertical shaft, which was built in 1861 in connection with the excavation of the shaft, which began in 1857, and was later rebuilt several times.
The tin mine was closed in 1990 and later converted into a visitor mine and mining museum. In the mine there is a reconstruction of the Ehrenfriedersdorf Kunstgezeug (water-wheel-driven pumping system) which was invented by local miners around 1540 and described by Georgius Agricola in his De re metallica (1556). The Ehrenfriedersdorf Kunstgezeug is regarded as the archetype for such pumping engines all over the world.
Numerous surface installations from the 19th to 20th centuries have been preserved, including the building of the former locksmith's and blacksmith's shop from 1916 (today the “Sauberg Klause” museum and restaurant), the cultural centre and the “Oswald Barthel Tower” with memorial plaques for miners who had fatal accidents on Sauberg since the 16th century. To the west and south of the shaft is the extensive dump area, which is now heavily overgrown. The ruins of the Morgenröther sorting house, which was in operation until around 1825 and was converted into an ore storehouse in 1876, have also been preserved.
