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.
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Historical mining communities
Australia
- Ballarat, Victoria
- Bendigo, Victoria
- Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Menzies, Western Australia
Austria-Hungary
Austrian Lands
- Idrija, today in Slovenia
- Eisenerz in Styria
- Hall in Tirol in Tyrol
- Schwaz in Tyrol
Lower Hungarian mining towns
- Kremnitz, today Kremnica in Slovakia
- Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia
- Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia
- Königsberg, today Nová Baňa in Slovakia
- Libethen, today Ľubietová in Slovakia
- Pukkanz, today Pukanec in Slovakia
- Dilln, today Banská Belá in Slovakia
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
- Cobalt, Ontario
- Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
- Dawson City, Yukon
- Lynn Lake, Manitoba
- Red Lake, Ontario
- Thompson, Manitoba
- Timmins, Ontario
- Flin Flon, Manitoba
Czech Republic
(German name in parentheses)
- Abertamy (Abertham)
- Adamov (Adamstadt)
- Andělská Hora (Engelsberg)
- Boží Dar (Gottesgab)
- Branná (Goldenstein)
- Hartmanice (Hartmanitz)
- Hora Svaté Kateřiny (Sankt Katharinaberg)
- Hora Svatého Šebestiána (Sebastiansberg)
- Horní Blatná (Platten)
- Horní Město (Bergstadt)
- Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald)
- Hrob (Klostergrab)
- Hůrky (Adamsfreiheit), today part of Nová Bystřice
- Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal, Joachimsthal)
- Janov (Johannesthal)
- Jihlava (Iglau)
- Jílové u Prahy (Eule)
- Jiřetín pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal)
- Kašperské Hory (Bergreichenstein)
- Krajková (Gossengrün)
- Krásno (Schönfeld)
- Krupka (Graupen)
- Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg)
- Litrbachy (Lauterbach) – in the area of Rovná, no longer exists
- Loučná pod Klínovcem (Böhmisch Wiesenthal)
- Měděnec (Kupferberg)
- Místo (Platz)
- Nové Město pod Smrkem (Neustadt an der Tafelfichte)
- Oloví (Bleistadt)
- Pernink (Bärringen)
- Planá (Plan)
- Přebuz (Frühbuß)
- Přísečnice (Preßnitz) – in the area of Kryštofovy Hamry, no longer exists
- Rejštejn (Unterreichenstein)
- Rudolfov (Rudolfstadt)
- Staré Město (Goldeck, Altstadt)
- Stříbrné Hory (Silberberg), today part of Nalžovské Hory
- Stříbro (Mies)
- Vodňany (Wodnian)
- Výsluní (Sonnenberg)
- Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel)
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
- Altenberg
- Annaberg
- Buchholz
- Berggießhübel
- Bleiberg (near Frankenberg/Sa.) (town no longer exists)
- Brand
- Ehrenfriedersdorf
- Eibenstock
- Elterlein
- Ernstthal
- Freiberg
- Geyer
- Glashütte (Saxony)
- Hohenstein
- Johanngeorgenstadt
- Lengefeld
- Lößnitz
- Marienberg, Saxony
- Neustädtel
- Oberwiesenthal
- Oederan
- Scheibenberg
- Schneeberg
- Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.
- Thum
- Voigtsberg
- Wolkenstein
- Zschopau
- Zwönitz
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
- Central Papua Province
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
- Aurora
- Babbitt
- Biwabik
- Bovey
- Buhl
- Calumet
- Chisholm
- Coleraine
- Crosby
- Cuyuna
- Ely
- Eveleth
- Gilbert
- Hibbing
- Hoyt Lakes
- Ironton
- Keewatin
- Kinney
- Marble
- McKinley
- Mountain Iron
- Nashwauk
- Riverton
- Soudan
- Taconite
- Trommald
- Virginia
Montana
- Bannack (ghost town)
- Butte
- Colstrip
- Virginia City
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
See also
- Boomtown
- Coal town
- Man camp – temporary housing for resource extraction
- Mission (station)
- Pit village
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".