led to the closure of the mine, but it was revived in the 1930s for the extraction of gold and silver, and during the Second World War it was an important source of copper. Mining operations employed some [...] The mine at Haveri, 35 km. north-west of Tamperi near the shores of Lake Kyrösjärvi, was worked in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries for iron ore, which was smelted from 1843 at the Tammerkoski blast [...] day. The winners’ medals for the Olympic Games of 1952 in Helsinki were made of gold from Haveri. Mining operations came to an end in 1961. The museum, managed by the Pirkanmaa Provincial Museum, is one

the border of Herault. High quality building stones, hard limestones and grey marbles, have been mined in the region since Roman times, but documentary history of the community dates only from the mid

Ashington painters developed from 1934 when the Workers’ Educational Association established in the mining village an art appreciation class, whose members preferred to paint pictures rather than look at [...] Gallery, which also accommodates the Northumberland county archives and a museum of local life and mining. It is an impressive memorial to generations of self-taught working-class artists, who had no op

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 area around Ravne na Koroskem in northern Slovenia was well-known for its iron works and lead mines. The Koroski open air museum opened in 1953, and is based in the former Missthal Ironworks. Exhibits

Belturbet. A branch from Ballinamare to Arigna was opened the following year and extended to the coal mines at Arigna in 1920. Cattle traffic, once important on the railway, but was reduced by Partition in

history as North Rhine-Westphalia. A tight network of more than 60 industrial museums and visitor mines, almost 200 museums and facilities presenting the industrial history of NRW, and an even larger number

water are demonstrated, and an elevator takes visitors to experience the working conditions in a salt mine. The collection of artefacts includes more than 2,000 salt cellars. There are imaginative interactive

trades and crafts of city and its region, textiles, carpets, embroidery, the making of jewellery and mining, and domestic displays illustrate the material culture of the 19th century.

into our kitchen and parlour to find out how we used to live. Discover what life was like down the mines, or on the farm. Explore local crafts and industries and marvel at our historic machines. You can

when peat was still cut by hand. Thus, the collection illustrates the development of regional peat mining from its origins to the beginning of industrial peat extraction in the early 20th century, including

furnaces. Remains of the latter can still be seen in the outside area, as well as the evidence of a mining settlement and a colliery. The Ferrería itself has turned to be a museum telling the story of the [...] The historical context is illustrated by a large model that traces the development of the regional mining industry from its beginnings in 1830 to the closure of the last pit in 1991.

5,000 years of mining history, Europe's largest open cast mine, and a piece of Great Britain right in the middle of Andalusia – the Parque de Minero de Riotinto is not at all short of attractions. The [...] highlights. That locals worked the mines for copper, iron and other metals since antiquity is proved by a waterwheel from Roman Times. The spectacular find forms part of the mining museum which is located in the [...] the former hospital of the nearby mining community. Also on display is a luxurious railway carriage used by King Alfonso XIII for a visit to Riotinto. Parts of the old narrow-gauge line are restored, enabling

for the colliery, despite the fact that shaft II had been rebuilt to become the main mining shaft for all the coal mines in Bochum just seven years previously. Hannover was the last colliery in the city to [...] the Malakoff tower. Equipped with a helmet and typical colliery clothing they can learn all about mining procedures in a playful manner at the "Kids Colliery". Just like the real thing, the "Kids Colliery" [...] has its own Malakoff tower, headgear, galleries and a wagon run. There is one exception: gravel is mined here instead of coal. It is brought up to the surface using the Koepe winding principle, a technique

'Montanium', an underground world recreated on the colliery square with exhibits from a former training mine. In the 40-metre-long section, visitors encounter experiment stations, sounds, smells, darkness and

The open cast mine is a part of Private Joint Stock Company "Inhulets Mining and Processing plant" and presents one of the most powerful and deepest pits in Europe, with maximum depth of 426 meters. The [...] The pit stores huge reserves of ore, which won’t be exhausted till 2050. The Pit of the Inhulets Mining and Processing plant is well-know not only for its size, but also for ots beauty. One can find here

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

At the Quarry of the Public Joint Stock Company "South Mining and Processing Plant" iron ore is mined. An observation platform offers breath-taking panoramic views into the Quarry which is 3 km long, 2

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

spectacular harbours in England, and was built in the eighteenth century partly for shipping coal from mines along the Cumbrian coast, but also for the use of traders to America who imported tobacco and sugar [...] Spedding (1695-1755), coal viewer on the Lowthers’ estates, was a pioneer in the use of gunpowder in mining, and invented the ‘steel mill’, a means of illumination underground that, if not safe, was less hazardous [...] the King Pit sunk by Spedding in 1750, which by 1793 reached a depth of 296 m, then the deepest coal mine in Britain. The harbour is lined by crenellated monuments. The Candlestick on the southern side was