carry passengers, although for most of its existence its primary purpose was to serve the region’s mines and ironworks. In 1905 the line was taken over, with other standard and narrow gauge railways in the [...] motor buses for trains on many of its routes during the 1920s. The NBJV declined with the closure of mines and ironworks in the 1960s, the last ore train ran in 1974, and the company was taken over by the

and beach volleyball to an adventure farm. In a 63-metre-long mine tunnel, former miners take visitors back to the days of underground mining, and where coal freighters used to be loaded, an amphitheatre [...] Essen. As late as 1955, 4,400 miners were still extracting around 1.2 million tonnes of coal here. Mining operations ended in 1993. Just four years later, a national garden exhibition transformed the industrial

546-km iron-ore line built between 1888 and 1903 from the Gulf of Bothnia at Luleå to the iron-ore mines around Kiruna and the Norwegian sea at Narvik. It also shows material from elsewhere in the north

importance in the region: coal mining, railways, bicycle-making, motorcycle manufacture, lace-making, telecommunications, pharmaceuticals, tobacco and printing. The mining display includes a reconstructed [...] The Elizabethan mansion Wollaton Hall was built in 1588 with money from early coal mining. The house is open to the public and contains a natural history museum. In the stables behind it is the Nottingham

The site of the coal mine at Noyan-d’Allier is preserved by an association of friends that began in 1988. The mine was built in 1920 and coal production finished in 1943. The buildings were large and efficient [...] railway for 1.8 km around the site and visit reconstructed underground workings. Galleries show mining tools and a typical kitchen for a miner’s family in the 1930s.

Waldenburg) used to rank first among the mining works in Lower Silesia. The title of the multicultural theme park, "Old Mine", goes back to the former "Julia" coal mine operating here until 1996. Its elaborately [...] multimedia museum illustrating the history of the Lower Silesian coal industry. The exhibits feature mining equipment and machines as well as the living conditions of the miners and their families. Further

relics of mining and smelting activities have been a World Heritage Site since 1993. New techniques were introduced in mining here earlier than elsewhere: for example, gunpowder was used in a mine in 1627 [...] the Kammerhof, where the ores were tested. The open-air museum of mining, opened in 1974, displays many surface structures from old mines, and includes a 1300 m circuit of underground workings. A 16th century [...] 1627, probably for the second time ever. In order to prevent the mine from closing down due to water inrushes and at the same time to obtain water energy for the poorly supplied town, an elaborate system

of coal mining opened in 1988. It is called an open air museum, although most of the buildings stand on their original sites and have not been removed from elsewhere. The steel headstock of a mine is preserved [...] barber’s shop, a school and the mine’s power plant, pithead baths, lamp house and smith’s shop. Visitors are unable to see underground workings but an artificial show mines has been constructed. Large machines

The open air mining museum at Baňa Cigel, 5 km south-east of the town of Prievidza opened in 2003 and portrays the history of brown coal mining in the upper Nitra valley in western Slovakia. Some large

community Løkken Verk has developed during more than 300 years of mining industry. The ore in the Løkken field was discovered in 1652 and the mines put into operation in 1654. Later this find proved to be one [...] years copper was the main product of the mines, followed by a period where both copper and sulphur were extracted. Finally copper, zink and silver were the Løkken Mines products. It was not until the start [...] of the 20th century that an industrial-scale mining fully developed. The architect Christian Thams was the initator of the Orkla Grube-Aktiebolag (Orkla Mining Company), and he started one of the largest

collection of industrial heritage assets in Spain, housed in the former premises of the Orconera Iron Ore mining company in the Lutxana district of Barakaldo. Those who visit these old industrial workshops will [...] representative sample of the evolution of the most traditional sectors of Basque industry, namely mining, iron and steel, shipbuilding, machine tooling, the paper industry, graphic arts and the like. An

the coal trams and the mine manager’s office. They can go to the top of the headframe to view the mine and the surrounding area. Examples are collected here of the typical mining equipment of the region [...] Oroszlány, 80 km west of Budapest in the Vértes Mountains was a mining boom town of the mid-twentieth century. Mining began in the area in 1939 when the population was only 15,000. With the growth of the [...] section of mine allows visitors to see the conditions underground, methods of supporting the rock, ventilation systems, lighting and coal cutting techniques. Exhibitions give an overview of mining history

the former railway station preserves a steam locomotive and carriages and includes displays about mining, hand-knitting and rural crafts.

1910 by the German geologist Otto Trustedt. Mining began in 1913 when a smelter came into operation. The smelter ceased working in 1929 but the scale of mining greatly increased in that period, with concentrate [...] the last mine in the region ceased working in 1989. The museum opened in 1982, and includes winding room and crushing plant. Displays illustrate the development of geological prospecting and mining in Finland [...] Finland, and the life and work patterns of mining communities.

lignite was formed, seeing remains of plants and animals from the mine, including an ancient forest and a mammoth. The history of the Bełchatów mine and power plant are also set out and visitors can try operating [...] is the largest electricity generator in Poland with 40 power stations and two lignite (brown coal) mines. Its Bełchatów lignite power station is one of the biggest generators in the world. The company’s [...] Visitors take a choice of audio tours for adults and children and learn about the formation and mining of lignite and how electricity is generated through play, models and graphics. They walk through

Museum of Mining Equipment" was unveiled for all residents and guests of Kryvyi Rih city in November 2018. The exposition is situated on the territory adjacent to the Administration Building of Mining Department [...] PJSC ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih is a top performer among the biggest companies of mining and steelmaking sector of Ukraine and is a part of international ArcelorMittal Group. The company is one of the biggest [...] used by miners in different divisions of the company, stands with information about operation of Mining Department as well as Walk of Fame with its best workers. The showpieces are illuminated at night

sign with description of its purpose. The open-air Museum of Mining Equipment is located near the House of culture of the PJSC "North Mining and Processing Plant". Every piece has a sign with description [...] (dumpcart) 2ВС-105 with the capacity to carry 105 tons. After 20 years of work at Kryvyi Rih mines, a mining electric locomotive K-10 was installed in the skansen. Then visitors see a big yellow bulldozer

like a typical coal mining site from the era between the two World Wars. Most of the buildings are framed in steel and reinforced concrete, and lined with burnt clinkers from mining waste or the slag from [...] from blast furnaces. But the history of the mine goes back along time before that. The decisive turn in its fortunes began in the mid 19th century when a dynasty of French manufacturers called de Wendel [...] the colliery area joined together to set up an organisation to establish and run a communal coal mining museum in the immediate neighbourhood. In 2001 Carreau Wendel was officially recognised as a state

The Park was born to preserve the history of metallurgy and mining activities carried on during three millenniums in the territory of the "Colline Metallifere Grossetane" (Metalliferous Hills in the province [...] territory of the "Colline metallifere" represents a different tourist route for its industrial and mining sites, for its natural resources and for its examples of medieval art and architecture.

the city’s notable textile and engineering industries. The last mine ceased production in 1984, but visitors can experience the area’s mining heritage at the Couriot pit that worked between 1913 and 1972 [...] miners from the shaft bottom to the coalface, and can see the conveyors used in twentieth century mines and the machines used for cutting coal. The winding engine can be inspected, together with the generating [...] generating station that supplied it with power, and an audiovisual programme tells the story of mining in the region.