Mining community

Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia. Now a village with 1300 inhabitants but in 14th-19th centuries an important mining town with more than 4000. Several houses still have an urban character.
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, in 1957.

A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.

Historical mining communities

Australia

Austria-Hungary

Austrian Lands

Lower Hungarian mining towns

Upper Hungarian mining towns

  • Göllnitz, today Gelnica in Slovakia
  • Rosenau, today Rožňava in Slovakia
  • Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves in Slovakia
  • Schmöllnitz, today Smolník in Slovakia
  • Jossau, today Jasov in Slovakia
  • Ruda, today Rudabánya in Hungary
  • Telken, today Telkibánya in Hungary

Other Hungarian mining towns

  • Deutsch Liptsch, today Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canada

Czech Republic

(German name in parentheses)

Finland

Germany

In Germany, a Bergstadt refers to a settlement near mineral deposits vested with town privileges, Bergregal rights and tax exemption, in order to promote the economic development of the mining region.

Baden-Württemberg

Bavaria

Lower Saxony

North Rhine-Westphalia

Saxony

Saxony-Anhalt

Thuringia

Hong Kong

  • Ma On Shan Village

Indonesia

Nigeria

Norway

Poland

  • Georgenberg (now Miasteczko Śląskie)
  • Goldberg, (now Złotoryja)
  • Groß Salze, (now Wieliczka)
  • Nikolstadt, (now Mikołajowice)
  • Salzberg, (now Bochnia)
  • Wilhelmstal, (now Bolesławów)

Slovenia

South Korea

United States

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Idaho

Iowa

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

South Dakota

Utah

Wisconsin

See also

References

Citations

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mining towns.
  • Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6. Book features pg. 147 about what is necessary for a settlement to have in order to be considered a "mining town".
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