is the only such institution in Poland with an extensive collection related to the history of mining, mining technology and culture. Rich educational offer, a typical Silesian flat, a gallery of unprofessional

museum is based in the Kaiserin-Augusta-Schacht (the Queen Augusta mine), which was sunk to a depth of 260 m in 1869. From 1946 the mine was named after the philosopher Karl Liebknecht. The museum was e [...] Coal in the area around Oelsnitz, 25 km south-west of Chemnitz was mined on a large scale between 1844 and 1971, although some had been extracted by farmers from their own fields in earlier times. Some

of colourings ceased in 1855 after the discovery of ultramarine which displaced cobalt in paints. Mining continued until 1898. A foundation was formed in 1971 to conserve the remaining buildings, and its [...] visitor centre, with shops and restaurants on other parts of the premises. Visitors are able to tour the mine, 8 km. from the Blaafarveværket, together with Nyfossum, the home of the technical director, and Nymoen

The first record of mining iron ore in the form of magnetite at Cogne dates to 1432. The biggest expansion of the mine was by a Belgian company in 1910 under the Swedish engineer Ranjar Nordensten. It [...] ore annually. Extraction ended in 1968. The mines opened to the public in 2017 and are run by a cooperative. Located at an altitude of over 2,000m, the mine is one of Europe’s highest. Guided tours allow [...] guided tour begins at Costa del Pino, which can be reached on hiking trails with spectacular views of mining and transport remains and the Aosta Valley.

illustrating the area’s geology and mining heritage. The principal monument of past industry is a Cornish engine house of the mid-nineteenth century, which was part of a copper mine. From Bunmahon there are trails

1938. Visitors can now learn about the history of copper mining in the valley in four ways. There is a museum of mining centred on the former mine office and its small power plant, with samples of minerals [...] northern part of Luxembourg. A copper mine 1.5 km from the village was exploited from the early eighteenth century. From 1854 it belonged to the Société des Mines de Cuivre, and remained in production

from the Visnes mines. The mining museum is located in the restored home of the first director of the mines, Charles Defrance, born in Metz in 1839. Displays tell the story of the mining community in Visnes [...] the vicinity in 1865, and a company was quickly established to work mines which were equipped with the most modern technology. The mine was lit by electricity from 1870, drilling by compressed air was introduced [...] copper smelter was established on the sea shore in 1872, but worked only until 1887. By that time the mine was less productive and it closed in 1894. Four years later a new company established workings some

on of a mine train for visitors known as “Austria’s smallest mine train”. A facility of the mine above ground shows objects found underground and further exhibits illustrating Radmer’s mining history. [...] Copper has been mined in the Radmer valley since the Bronze Age. Between 1590 and 1620 Radmer was one of the most important Alpine copper mining regions. In 1855 the mine was closed, leaving a total of

industries, customs and highlights Cornwall’s mining heritage. It offers anyone interested in the industrial history of Cornwall an opportunity to study mining survey maps, geology maps, photographs, newspapers [...] was restored and converted for this purpose. Redruth developed as a major centre of Tin and Copper mining and many domestic, social and educational buildings of the period can still be seen. The effective [...] many buildings now contributes to the regeneration of the town which suffered from the loss of the mining industry.

salt in the chandelier light of underground chapels, the world's largest wooden mining machine, a luxurious 19th-century mining railway for royal visitors, miraculously shaped salt columns and crystals as [...] development of salt mining from simple wedges and pickaxes to monstrous electric drills, and the "Miners' Route", an adventurous expedition to hitherto inaccessible places of the mine. Unsurprisingly, the [...] the Wieliczka Salt Mine is listed as a World Heritage Site, as is the neighbouring historic castle with its unique collection of salt shakers and a vaulted basement that traces local salt production back

the direction of Joseph-Eugene Schneider and his descendants Le Creusot became the centre of a vast mining, ironmaking and engineering enterprise.The steam hammer was developed there in the late 1830s and

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.

The Dannemora mines, from the 15th century until 1992 produced ore that was low in phosphorus and sulphur, suitable for making iron well-suited for steel-making. Visitors can take a guided tour of 40

was one of the most dangerous mines in Europe, and the museum shows safety equipment and an exhibition about the mining disaster of 1941, when 187 died. In the training mine, visitors experience original [...] experience authentic replica workings built by the mining company for training purposes in the 1960s. The museum tells the story of mining in the region, first documented in 1434. It explains geology and displays [...] Dawną coal mine started in 1868 when Lower Silesia was German. After the Second World War it was operated by the Polish state coal company. It produced anthracite and refractory shale. It opened as a museum

extreme south of the Netherlands had been gradually closed down because the region´s key industry, mining, had slowly become less and less important. The ZLMS took the initiative to reactivate some of the

Western Railway and was operated as a conventional branch line. Its purpose was to carry coal from mines in the Forest of Dean to Lydney on the Severn Estuary where it was loaded on to ships. It is easily

statue in the town. The mining museum at Cagnac les Mines, 10 km south of Carmaux, with a show mine in which visitors can go 350 m underground was opened in 2005. The last of the mines closed in 1997 and the [...] the huge area – 650 ha – once occupied by the St Marie Mine at Blaye-les-Mines, to the south-west, is now used as an adventure park called La Grand Découverte opened in 2003. Within La Grand Découverte [...] km north of Toulouse, is the centre of a small coalfield, measuring only about 10 km X 3 km. The mines were developed from 1752 by the aristocratic Solages family, who in the 19th century installed steam

instruments. Some of its displays, particularly the reconstruction of the coalface of a 19th century mine from Hausham, Upper Bavaria, were amazingly advanced for their time. Oskar von Miller was largely

used to mine slate, and to understand the working conditions of the ‘ scailtons ’, the slate miners. On the surface there are displays illustrating the geology of the area and the history of the mines. Gourmet

but it was the only way to reach the limestone mines which were opened in the 1700s. By the 1850s over 40,000 boats a year carried limestone from the mines, to be used in iron production. Today you can [...] well-lit. There is even a video projected onto the cavern walls showing the history of limestone mining. Enjoy sound and light shows as they show how the area developed to become the home of the Industrial [...] reclaiming whilst getting an understanding of the many thousands of tonnes of limestone these abandoned mines shipped out across the world. Back on land learn more by visiting the award winning BIFFA Gallery