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The treasures of the Earth: European Theme Route Mining
Coal from European and American collieries was the universal fuel during the Industrial Revolution. Nonetheless technical inventions in mining played a relatively insignificant role. The main cause was the ongoing abundance of workers. Colliery owners were able to attain higher outputs simply by employing more workers. For the same reason they were able to postpone any improvements to the catastrophic working conditions for a long time.
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Sangerhausen | Röhrigschacht mining museum |
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Lehde | 06526 Sangerhausen | Germany |
| Working underground was anything but a bed of roses. Miners were exposed to enormous levels of stress because of the extremely low galleries (some of which were no higher than 40 centimetres), the dus... more >> |
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Schwaz | Schwaz Silver Mine |
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Alte Landstrasse 3a | 6130 Schwaz | Austria |
| The mining of silver near Schwaz, 22 km north-east of Innsbruck, began in the 15th century and was begun by migrant miners from Bohemia and Saxony. For many decades the mines at Schwaz were the most p... more >> |
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Senjski Rudnik | Senje coal mine |
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35234 Senjski Rudnik | Serbia |
| Senjski Rudnik, established in 1853, is Serbia’s oldest active brown coal mine and the oldest preserved industrial heritage site. Located in eastern Serbia, 150 km southeast of Belgrade, this small ... more >> |
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Slanic Prahova | Salt Museum |
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(Spa) SC Valdor SRL, 2823 August Street | 106200 Slanic Prahova | Romania |
| Slanic Prahova is a spa with a population of just over 7000 people, situated 400 m above sea level, that is important for its salt mines. It was developed as a resort, with warm saline baths, from 188... more >> |
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St Austell | Wheal Martyn |
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Carthew | PL26 8XG St Austell | Great Britain |
| China clay (kaolin) that could be used in the manufacture of porcelain was discovered in Cornwall in 1746 by William Cookworthy. Cornish quarries have subsequently been the principal suppliers of chin... more >> |
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St. Ingbert | Rischbachstollen Visitor Mine |
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Am Grubenstollen | 66386 St. Ingbert | Germany |
| There used to be four pits in the present district of Saarpfalz: Mittelbexbach, Frankenholz, Höchen and St. Ingbert. Over the course of the 19th-century the St. Ingbert site became one of the largest... more >> |
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Swansea | National Waterfront Museum |
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Cambrian Place | SA1 1SN Swansea | Great Britain |
| Large kinetic sculptures in continuous movement. Movies and computer screens with interactive film sequences. Graphics and projections. A multi-media show wall demonstrating how fireproof bricks, iron... more >> |
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Tarnowskie Góry | Historical Mine of SIlver Ores |
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ul. Szczęść Boże 81 | 42-600 Tarnowskie Góry | Poland |
| Silver and zinc mines near Tarnowskie Góry were worked from the middle ages, but they were particularly prosperous from the mid-18th century after the installation of a steam pumping engine. A networ... more >> |
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Tavistock | Morwellham Quay |
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Morwellham Quay | PL19 8JL Tavistock | Great Britain |
| Time has stood still at Morwellham Quay. The streets are full of servants and merchants in Victorian costume and miners are hurrying towards their shift. In the busy assay office copper ore from the s... more >> |
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Tredegar | Bedwellty Park |
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Morgan Street | NP22 3 Tredegar | Great Britain |
| One of the most remarkable although one of the most logical monuments of the coal-mining industry is the display in Bedwellty Park, Tredegar, a mining community established about 1800 in the Sirhowy V... more >> |
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Uebigau-Wahrenbrück | Louise Briquette Works |
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Louise 111 | 04924 Uebigau-Wahrenbrück | Germany |
| Although LOUISE, Europe’s oldest briquette factory ceased operations in February 1992 its freshly plastered facades and renovated roofs give it a smart impression. For the workforce, who have remain... more >> |
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Upper Weardale | Killhope, The North of England Lead Mining Museum |
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Near Cowshill | DL13 1AR Upper Weardale | Great Britain |
| The northern Pennines in Co Durham were over many centuries one of the principal sources of lead in England, and the landscape of the upper parts of Weardale is dotted with the remains of adits, shaft... more >> |
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Valkenburg | Coalmine Valkenburg |
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Daalhemerweg 31Postbus 1 | 6300 AA Valkenburg | Netherlands |
| Do you fancy sitting in an underground cinema, or drinking a "Grottenbier" in an underground café? Then the Valkenburg Colliery Museum is just the place for you. Here visitors can experience their ow... more >> |
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Velenje | Mining Museum of Slovenia |
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Stari Jasek - Koroska cesta | 3320 Velenje | Slovenia |
| The museum project at Velenje, the principal centre of coal-mining in Slovenia, originated in 1956-7, but the present museum in the old shaft (Stari jasek) was opened in 1999. Visitors are able to exp... more >> |
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Vinařice | Mayrau Open Air Museum of Mining |
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čp.56 | 27307 Vinařice | Czech Republic |
| The village of Vinařice lies between Kladno and Slaný, about 30 km west of Prague. Mayrau was a very large coal mine dating from 1874 with shafts extending 527 m below the surface that ceased operat... more >> |
