second largest iron ore mine in Austria. Visitors can see displays of tools and equipment from more than two millennia of mining history. The drainage and ventilation system of the mines are explained, and [...] Hüttenberg is a former mining town in Carinthia which has suffered since 1978 from the closure of mines and associated industries. The Carinthian Land Exhibition in 1995 attempted to revitalise the area [...] area by displaying its mining heritage and creating an open air museum to display the history of iron smelting in the area. The principal feature of the show mine is the 900 m long Erbstollen adit excavation

trail around the quarry. The visitor mine can only be visited as part of a guided tour. In 90 minutes, the visitors will see several mining areas, be shown mining equipment, ride a train and see the visual [...] The Kleinenbremenb Visitor Mine and Museum is located in the former Wohlverwahrt iron ore mine in Kleinenbremen, a district of Porta Westfalica. Originally a limestone quarry, iron ore was discovered here [...] in Kleinenbremen. From 1883 until the 1960s, iron ore was mined here in several shifts, first by hand and then with large machines. The mine workings were also expanded during the Second World War for

century mining activities at the Mechernich Lead Mine were well-known all over the country. Alone in 1882 there were almost 4,500 people engaged in pit work. And as late as 1952 the lead mine and its mills [...] constructed on the edge of the former mining area. Furthermore an old mining gallery has been converted into a visitors´ gallery, run by the Friends of the Mechernich Mining Museum. Here visitors can learn some [...] (lead ore deposits). The tour takes place in the Eifel region, in the galleries of the mining museum in Mechernich. Mining started here under the Romans, and since the 13th century the main product brought

one of the largest mercury mines in the world. At the end of the 18th century, no fewer than 1,350 miners worked here. The Idrija mercury mine, together with the Almadèn mine in Spain, was inscribed on [...] the oldest preserved mine shafts in Europe. The underground tour leads 1,200 metres into the mine's tunnels. Audio-visual presentations and figurative displays explain the mining methods used. In the Hg [...] in 2012. The history of mining is presented in detail in the Idrija Municipal Museum in Gewerkenegg Castle , including in the exhibition area "Five centuries of cinnabar mining". The castle was built in

include a reconstructed mine lift and objects associated with the mine such as railway wagons, helmets, lamps and mineral samples to explain the history of electricity and sulphur mining in Sicily. Other buildings [...] photographs about life in the mine and house temporary exhibitions and conferences. Nearby are headframes, a processing plant and the village created to support the mine. [...] The museum is at the site of the Trabia Tallarita sulphur mine, about 7km west of Riesi on the Strada Statale 190 towards Sommatino. Central Sicily was the most important region in Europe for production

Helmets on, enter the mine train and off it goes into the mountain, 580 metres deep. An extensive network of tracks covering main and secondary galleries indicates how busy the iron ore mines of Rumelange must [...] Monumental machines illustrate post World War II mining operations which were far less dangerous and hard than around 1870 when Luxembourg started its mining industries. In those days 70 to 90 miners worked [...] foremen, regular miners, those in charge of shaft sinking, haulers, waggoners, and mine surveyors. Objects like lamps, small mining tools, measuring equipment, photos, and clothes recount the pit’s everyday life

brothers in 1800 and objects from coal mines in northern France and iron mines in Normandy. The museum also features a video documentary on the history of the Littry mine and a reconstructed underground gallery [...] ordered the resumption of production, and mines in the area continued to work until the early 1950s. The museum, one of the first in France to be devoted to coal mining, dates from 1902, and provides a broad [...] the industry. It is housed at the site of the former Frandemiche coal mine. The excavated remains of the pit-head structures and mine shaft are on display. In the adjacent buildings are historical tools

The Flaschar’s Mine historic mine works date from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, a time when the slate industry boom culminated in the area of the Low Jeseník Mountains. At the end of the 19th [...] there were fifty-two active facilities devoted to mining and processing slate reported in Silesian industry statistics. There are seven defunct slate mines registered in the location of Nový Svět (New World) [...] World) not far from Odry, where Flaschar’s Mine is also located. The tour circuit at Flaschar’s Mine offers approx. 400 m of open tunnels, several stopes and a ladder section installed in the 20 m tall

This mine open for visitors is in the Erzgebirge-Krušnohoří World Heritage Site on the border of Germany and Czechia. Silver was discovered near Freiburg in 1168 and mining continued until the 1990s.The [...] The Markus Röhling mine began to work in the sixteenth century. Its biggest ore deposit was found in 1733 and it produced large quantities of silver and cobalt ore until 1857. The mine was redeveloped in [...] 1950. From the earlier era of silver mining, a wooden water wheel 9-m in diameter has been recreated, which would have pumped water from the lower levels of the mine. Other operational machines are used

The former main building of the Houthalen coal mine houses the "Cleantech" service centre, which offers visitors an arc from mining history to sustainable energy production and materials management. On [...] last of the seven mines in the Kempen coal basin to start production. Although exploratory drilling had already discovered coal deposits in 1902, construction work on the first mine facilities did not [...] On the ground floor there is an exhibition about the mining past. The presentation on the floor above deals with the future of energy and materials. During a guided tour, visitors learn what an energy-friendly

that served the Tresavean Mine, whose surviving engine house has the highest chimney of any Cornish mine. The centre is located in the former calciner at the King Edward Mine which is managed as a museum [...] networks is focussed on the discovery centre at the King Edward Mine. The 10 km Great Flat Lode Trail guides visitors through the mining area that is dominated by the de Dunstanville monument on Carn Brea [...] before I K Brunel’s broad gauge main line railway reached the west of Cornwall the tin and copper mines of the area around Redruth ahd Camborne were linked with harbours on the coast by early railways.

the first Carlist war in the 19th century, the mines were controlled by the armies, and war prisoners from Zerain prison undertook the hard work at the mines. Apart from iron, lead was also extracted to [...] of the mines was transferred from powerful local families to an English company, The Cerain Iron Ore Company Limited. Around 1932 exploitation passed to German hands. The Germans worked the mines until [...] continued with the activity until the mines finally closed in 1951 because of their low profitability. The Iron Mountain preserves lots of interesting vestiges of the mining activity: underground galleries,

hand in the "Röhrigschacht" demonstration mine that was opened in 1991 in the suburb of Wettelrode in Sangerhausen. Visitors start their journey through the mine at one of the oldest pithead towers in Europe [...] more about mining methods from the earliest time to the present day from former mineworkers, sometimes with the support of loud historic equipment. It's a long and exciting history, for mining and processing [...] than 270 mining shafts in the region of Sangerhausen; indeed, in the Mansfeld basin there were more than 1000. The Röhrigschacht (lit: Röhrig Shaft) is situated in the midst of this historic mining area.

Belgrade. The mines were closed in 1993 by which time galleries extended 1,300 km through the workings, and went to a maximum depth of 850 m. Two show mines were established after the mines closed. The Terra [...] that lead (with some zinc) was mined at Bleiberg [‘Blei’ is the German word for lead] 10 km west of Villach, from the early 14th century. From the late 15th century the mines were worked by the Fugger family [...] Montana demonstrates how mines have been worked over the centuries, with tools ranging from primitive hammers to the latest mechanised equipment for extracting ores. One way into the mine which the more intrepid

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 productive [...] Potosi in present-day Bolivia and elsewhere. Nevertheless the mines continued and from 1670 were owned by the Habsburg emperors. Parts of the mines are now preserved. Visitors to Schwaz are taken on a 90-minute [...] working lives, a theatrical performance, audio-visual presentations, and displays of mining equipment. The shop at the mine offers extensive ranges of mineral specimens and jewellery.

for innovations in mining techniques. Visitors to the museum, which traces its origins from 1877, are able to take a 250 m tour of a medieval mine, and the social life of the royal mining town in from the [...] Silver ores were mines and processed at Kutna Hora in medieval times, and a royal mint, established there about 1300 worked until 1726 when it was transferred to Prague. The area was important in the early [...] the Stone House. The town retains its medieval layout, and much of it is built on deep layers of mining waste.

There were mining activities in the Eifel region as early as Celtic and Roman times; and the first document where the „Reischeidt mine“ was mentioned, dates back to 1543. After a break in mining in the 18th [...] history of mining in the region. Attractive, informative nature trails (a mining trail and a geo trail) in the neighbouring countryside help visitors to learn more about geology and mining history. If [...] term used by colliers to describe the different stories in a mine. The deepest shaft in the Eifel descended to a depth of 520 metres. Ore mining in Re-scheid ceased for good in 1940. With the support of the

galleries of this early 19th century mine will take you deep into the past history of local tin mining. The location is part of the Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape World Heritage Site. [...] galleries of the Geevor tin mine which was closed in 1991. The pithead gear is only a stone’s throw away from the cliffs of the north coast of Cornwall. For centuries tin was mined here in huge quantities [...] group of former miners has now brought the everyday life of the mine back to life. The former office buildings now serve as a museum for mining artefacts and tin products – not to speak of the precious minerals

every aspect of mining for metallic ores from the middle ages until the twentieth century. There are comprehensive collections of tools, lamps and mineral samples, and some historic mining models of pumping [...] pumping systems, winding towers and other large-scale mining installations. An open air section includes a stamp mill and other machines moved from mines that have closed. The museum serves as the starting [...] The museum of mining in Clausthal-Zellerfeld was established in 1892 by Adulf Achenbach (1825-1903), a Saarlander who followed a varied career in the service of the Prussian government in several parts

were mined here around the middle of the 19th century and marvel at the blossom-white lime crystals in the light of the pit helmets. Once Montevecchio was one of the most important ore and zinc mines in [...] in Europe. Today the mines constitute the Historical Mining Park of Sardinia, which in turn is part of the UNESCO Geopark network. Five guided tours unlock this unique ensemble of industrial monuments. In [...] Piccalinna mine display a 120 hp hoist capable of lifting 20 cubic metres of ore per hour. A guided tour through the Renaissance-style "Palazzina della Direzione" reveals the former residence of the mine founder