La Louviere lies at the centre of a region once dominated by coal mines, iron furnaces, and glassworks, where the outstanding monuments to the industrial past are four hydraulic lifts on the Canal du Centre

blende, has been mined in Bad Grund in the Upper Harz since the 16th century. The last German ore mine to close in 1992 was the ‘Gotteshilfe mine’, which was up to 900 m deep. This mine included the ‘Knesebeck [...] ‘Knesebeck shaft’, where the mining museum was opened in 1997. The more than 500-year history of mining is presented above and below ground. In the former operating rooms, there are exhibits such as ore [...] 1912/13 as part of a water engineering plant that generated compressed air for the machines in the mine.

Calamine, Moresnet and Stolberg, where the soil is polluted with heavy metals from the old calamine ore mines. The area around La Calamine (south-west of Aachen) and Stolberg (south-east of Aachen) has its own [...] view, since it consisted almost completely of calamine (zinc spar). There is evidence of calamine mining at Vieille Montagne as early as the Middle Ages. Brass was made by processing the ore with copper [...] industry in the Aachen region. Until the end of the 17th century the ore was quarried from open mines and exported all over Europe, even as far as Russia. Starting in the 18th century the miners gradually

The Arenberg Fosse is a coal mine in Nord-Pas-de-Calais which belonged to the Compagnie des Mines d’Anzin. It was sunk in 1900, began production in 1903 and proved a highly productive colliery. It was [...] was named after Auguste d’Arenberg (1837-1924), politician and manager of Compagnie des Mines d’Anzin. The pit was nationalised in 1946, was modernised with a new double shaft between 1954 and 1961, and retains

body to preserve the mines for the future was established in 1994. Since 1995 visitors have been able to participate in guided tours lasting two-and-a half-hours, beginning at the mine entrance at Hinterdorf [...] sixteenth century. Exporting was restricted by lack of a road into the valley, and the produce of the mines and quarries was taken away on the backs of mules until a road was built in 1826. More than 200 men [...] by pillars of slate left by the miners. Some caverns are occasionally used for concerts. The slate mine is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Swiss Tectonic Arena Sardona. Fossils from the slate deposits

World Heritage Site, is presented at two sites, 8 kilometres apart: the Landesplattenberg Engi slate mine and the tablet factory at Elm. The tablet factory cut slates and framed them in wood to make writing

Cornish Mining World Heritage site. The nineteenth-century Cornish engine houses stand at the top of shafts that went down for 570 metres so that the mine workings could follow veins of tin, copper and arsenic [...] Botallack mine is one of the most spectacular sights in European industrial heritage, its two towering engine houses hanging half way down a cliff above Atlantic waves. The site is part of the Cornish [...] arsenic under the sea bed. The earliest mining at Botallack was in about 1721. It stopped and started several times until 1914. It is a steep walk down to the two engine houses on the cliff. They have no roof

The Levant Mine engine house, perched, apparently precariously, on a cliff above the Atlantic Ocean, houses the oldest working beam engine in Cornwall, a 24 inch (0.61 m) winding engine designed by Francis [...] Francis Mitchell, made by Harveys of Hayle, and installed in 1840. The mine extended to a considerable distance and to a depth of 350 fathoms (640 m) under the sea, and over the many decades of its history [...] to help the miners to reach the distant workings, but it collapsed in 1919, killing 31 miners. The mine closed in 1930 but five years later the engine was purchased for preservation in situ by a group of

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

group of mining heritage enthusiasts. Some of the principal lodes from which mineral ores were obtained in Cornwall can be observed during the one-hour underground tour. While it appears that the mine was not [...] occupies by the nearby Wendron Mine from 1856, and substantial parts remain, including a waterwheel that was used by the Trenear Dairy on the site until about 1970. The mining museum at Poldark includes the [...] tour at Poldark has been described by a distinguished authority as ‘one of the two most atmospheric mine tours in Europe’. Poldark, 3 km from Helston, is a multi-facetted visitor attraction that takes its

worked by compressed air. The mine was formerly part of the South Condurrow Mine that was closed in 1890, but re-opened as a training mine by the Camborne School of Mines, who used it until the mid-1970s [...] The surface buildings at the King Edward Mine are the most complete of any tin-mining site in Cornwall, and include a calciner, a buddle house, a steam winding engine house with an adjacent boiler house [...] volunteer group was established in 1987 to restore the buildings and present them to the public. The mine is now managed by a consortium including representatives of several local heritage groups. The Mineral

copper at Olbernhau until 1847 when the first rolling mill was built. The location is part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage Site.

University. Among the witnesses to mining, the visitors’ educational mine “Himmelfahrt Fundgrube”, which belongs to the Mining Academy, should be mentioned. The “Reiche Zeche” mine provides an opportunity to explore [...] Freiberg metal ore mining from the 14th to the 19th century in thematic rides. The “Alte Elisabeth” mine presents some still functional mining technology – and an organ! This too is part of mining and it is not [...] Extensive mining led to the extraction of rich ores, not only silver but also lead, zinc and copper. In addition to numerous mines and iron works came the foundation of an electoral mint and the Mining Academy

sdorf, 34 km south of Chemnitz, in the 13th century and was mined until the early 1990s. Some silver was also extracted from the local mines, as well as a wide variety of minerals. Visitors are now carried [...] access, and were worked with hand tools. It is also possible to view the mining landscape of the region from the top of the mine headstock, and to see displays relating to the history of metal miningand [...] museum forms part of the Sächsisches Industriemuseum (The Saxony museum of industry) and part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage Site.

wood carving carried on by the miners and ironworkers of the Erzgebirge. The location is part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage Site.

the Ore Mountains, tin was already being mined in the 16th century. Later, tungsten ores and lithium mica were mined. Today, it is especially worth visiting the mine “Vereinigt Zwitterfeld zu Zinnwald” with [...] ter Weitung”. Those looking to combine exploring the mining history of the eastern Ore Mountains with a scenic experience can hike the 40 km mining trail from Krupka (Czech Republic) through Altenberg [...] Zinnwald and back over the border to Dubi. Because mining was also at home in the Czech part of the Ore Mountains. The location is part of the Mining Cultural Landscape Erzgebirge/Krušnohoří World Heritage

WTK coal mine at Ampflwang to create a museum. The entrance was the miners’ baths and the five-story main building was the coal preparation plant. Inside are displays about railways and mining with many [...] used at the Breitenschützing coal mine. Many engines come from the Austrian national railway (ÖBB). For children there is an adventure playground on the theme of mining and railways. Trains are run on the

The Belgian geologist and mining entrepreneur André Dumont (1847-1920) had been working on the idea of finding hard coal in the Belgian heath landscape De Kempen since 1877. After years of unsuccessful [...] drill bit struck coal for the first time at a depth of 541 metres. This was the starting point of mining in the Kempen coal basin which later took place in seven collieries. A replica of the 31-metre-high [...] built in 1878 is the oldest in Limburg. Thousands of coal miners arrived here in order to work in the mines of Limburg. Today the former coal station it is one of the entrances to the ‘Hoge Kempen’ National

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

explained with descriptions, listening stations as well as photos and films. The Zolder mine was the last of the seven mines in the Kempen coal basin to close in 1992. Since 1930, it had mainly produced bituminous [...] No mine can operate without sufficient "ventilation", i.e. the supply of fresh air and the removal of used air and harmful gases. But how did the miners get enough oxygen underground and how was compressed [...] of 9379 miners. The peak year for coal production was 1967 with 2.3 million tonnes; in total both mines produced 87.9 million tonnes of coal.