They were constructed in the 18th century during the beginning of industrialization in Combraille, which included: the glass industry at Montel-de-Gelat; the coal mines of Vernade (Saint-Éloy) and The Peize (Gutters) the silver-lead of mines Roignon (Youx) and Mas Boutin (Saint Eloy).Eighteenth-century France saw the beginnings of industrialization across the entire kingdom. Leur exploitation commence au XVIIIe siècle par le début de l'industrialisation en Combraille avec : la verrerie du Montel-de-Gelat ; les mines de charbon de la Vernade (Saint-Éloy) et La Peize (Gouttières) ; le plomb argentifère de Roignon (Youx) et Mas Boutin (Saint-Éloy).
