Waterschei mine, one of the seven mines in the Kempen coal basin, had been in operation since 1924. A total of 72,453,000 tonnes of coal were mined on the levels between 560 and 1208 m depth. The mine was closed [...] 000 sqm main building, former miners have set up the Waterschei mining depot. It preserves machines and tools that were used at the mine above and below ground. The exhibits, a collection of historical [...] closed in 1987. The former 93-hectare mine site is being developed according to a high-quality concept in terms of architecture, environmental quality and sustainability into "Thor Park", a commercial area

the ships. A range of weapons used for naval warfare, such as a 100-mm turret guns, torpedoes and a mine are on display.

The Eisden mine, which was located in the relatively sparsely populated border region to the Netherlands, had to make special efforts to recruit sufficient workers when it started operations in 1922. Germans [...] Italians, French, Poles, Czechs or Hungarians were recruited. For its miners and their families, the mining company had an attractive housing estate with utilities built in the style of English garden cities

occurred in the USA) and more than 2,000 drilling operations followed. By 1963, there was even an oil mine with a track length measuring 95 kilometres. The museum’s grounds, which have an area of 18,000m2

advances. In 1924 the world’s first overburden conveyor bridge came into service in the “Agnes” open-cast mine. The increased yield of lignite also went on to be converted into electricity. In 1927, barely a year

long abandoned and almost forgotten: Let the team at Glengowla Mines lead you on a journey of discovery of how lead and silver were mined from the roots of the Connemara Mountains in the 1800’s. The constant [...] of darkness will set the scene! Learn of the working conditions the miners worked under before the mines closed in 1865. Pan for gold at our gold panning station and keep any gems you find! Also, a working

slate is still worked in the area. From the 1840s most slate in the region was extracted from shaft mines that gave access to underground chambers, drained by steam engines. The museum has developed from

not recover its prosperity until 1930. The slate mine finally closed in 1997 and the present museum was opened in 2008 in the building from which the mines were managed, which also accommodated a power station [...] Réseau Ardoise d’Ardenne organisation and the trail guide La Route d’Ardoise link Rimogne with slate-mining heritage sites at Bertrix and Alle-sur-Semois in Belgium and Haut-Martelange in Luxembourg.

centre for the mining and quarrying of slate from the 15th century until the last workings ceased in 1975. The museum was established around the headstock of the former Longchamps mine by the Perrayeurs [...] place. The museum holds a particularly notable collection of tools. Displays show the methods used in mines and quarries to dislodge large blocks of slate weighing up to 500 tons. A narrow gauge railway takes

below the surface. They employed 25 men but the mine closed before the outbreak of war in 1914. The last open quarry in the area ceased work in 1920. The mine was re-opened as a museum in 2007. Visitors see [...] is also possible to see remnants of the rail tracks on which blocks of slate were removed from the mine.

from concentration camps passed through in 1945. The historic industry of the area is the quarrying, mining and preparation of slate which continued from the fourteenth century to the end of the twentieth

Limited is England´s only Slate Mine. Unlike slate taken from quarries, our Westmorland Green Slate is wholly extracted from beneath the hills - from eleven miles of mine tunnels - and is entirely envi [...] appreciated and has now been in further production since the re-opening of the mine in the mid 1990´s. You are welcome to visit the mine and experience the atmosphere. Take a trip with us and see how we prepare [...] prepare the slate, our visitor centre where you can enjoy our hospitality and the history of the mine. Then learn more about the benefits of slate as a building material. It´s a fascinating story, told at our

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

visitor centre provides a multi-media introduction to the geology of the area and the history of the mines. Ardoi’Alle is linked through the organisation Le Réseau Ardoise d’Ardenne and the trail guide La

American businessman, opened the first of seven large mines (he gave his name to the main settlement, Longyearbyen). Only Mine 7 is still in use. Mine 3 produced coal from 1971 to 1996 and was known for [...] start the journey in the mine’s workshops. Equipped with helmets and lamps, they walk 300 meters into the mountain through the main underground roadway. Guides explain the mine’s history and working life

site with the Su Zufuru Mining Assocation, a group of former miners and mining enthusiasts committed to preserving its history. The ‘Life in the Dark’ exhibition explores mining from the late eighteenth [...] The Su Zurfuru mine on the island of Sardinia began in 1889. It extracted lead and zinc initially, and later fluorite. The mine closed in 1993. It is sited on a steep hillside with the entrance above and [...] century to the present with a focus on a collection that illustrates the history of lighting in the mine. In the surface buildings are a compressor engine made in New York by Ingersoll Rand, which supplied

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.

Chamousira Mine near Brusson was the most important gold mine in the Aosta Valley. Its most profitable years were between 1903 and 1906, when some 400 kilograms of gold were extracted. The mine remained [...] dedicated to Joseph Herbet, the former mine captain, who took many superb photographs through which the landscape’s transformation can be appreciated. The approach to the mine is through a striking modern building

castle on the River Lahn, 48 km east of Koblenz. The region was an important source of iron ore, and mining is the principal topic illustrated in the town’s museum, although it also has remains and photographs

The Mequinenza Mine Museum presents over 170 years of mining history. Coal mining began in this area of north-east Spain in the late nineteenth century. The museum is housed in the underground workings [...] collection of machines, tools, mannequins and photographs from the region’s coal mines represent the industry. The Mine Museum is part of the ‘Museums of Mequinenza’ with the Mequinenza History Museum [...] workings of a genuine coal mine that closed in 2014. Equipped with helmets, visitors take a guided tour through 1 km of tunnels into the hillside, on foot and riding in railway wagons. They learn about the evolution