neighbouring open-cast mine, the largest in Spain at the time. In order to reduce environmental pollution, the power plant was switched from domestic to imported coal, opencast lignite mining was stopped, the [...] the largest artificial lake in Spain and a magnificent example of environmental rehabilitation of mining areas. Although industry is the main activity, and its industrial heritage is wide, As Pontes features

silver mining from the various centuries as well as remnants of zinc mining in the early 20th century. Some 50 historic buildings that served different purposes are spread throughout the mining area and [...] also precious household goods. The first royal charter for mining was in 1512. The peak of prosperity was in the 1530s und 1540s, after which mining became more difficult and less profitable. New shafts, pumping [...] management system of lakes, dams and canals that were built to supply the mine with energy to power machinery for water extraction, ore mining and ore smelting before steam power was introduced at the end of the

At Flogberget Mine iron ore was mined on and off from the 17th century and up until 1918. Production stopped in 1899 but resumed in 1906, and ceased altogether in 1918.The visitor mine was opened from [...] summer, when the Flogberget society offers the occasional dramatized tour. There is also a small mining museum on site, which displays tools, geological maps and mineral specimens.

summer you can see iron being made. Nearby is a visitor centre, a children’s park, a reconstructed mine for iron ore and the Karlberg homestead museum.

materials and gave work and bread to the people in the brickworks, lime furnaces, alum plants and mines – not to speak of serious illnesses in the course of their working-lives. All this is recalled in

North-east of Eschweiler is the Inden open-cast mine , one of three brown coal open-cast mines in the Rhineland coal area where 100,000,000 tons of brown coal are mined by RWE Power every year. Immense amounts [...] gigantic excavators. In 2005 open-cast mining north of Lamersdorf finally reached the former course of the Inde, the river which has given its name to the open-cast mine and to the village of Inden. Over the [...] open-cast mine southeast of Mönchengladbach even a highway was laid and years later after the excavation of brown coal at almost the same place rebuilt again. As for the other open-cast mines, thousands

There were mining activities in the Eifel region as early as Celtic and Roman times; and the first document where the „Reischeidt mine“ was mentioned, dates back to 1543. After a break in mining in the 18th [...] history of mining in the region. Attractive, informative nature trails (a mining trail and a geo trail) in the neighbouring countryside help visitors to learn more about geology and mining history. If [...] term used by colliers to describe the different stories in a mine. The deepest shaft in the Eifel descended to a depth of 520 metres. Ore mining in Re-scheid ceased for good in 1940. With the support of the

started out as a “workers’ colony”, whose inhabitants earned a living in the adjacent Marga lignite mine and briquette manufacturing industry. The Ilse Bergbau-Actiengesellschaft was the company operating

informs visitors about the region’s geology, mining techniques and the industrial history of mining in the Saar. Here you can take a ride into a 200 meter long mining gallery in a hands-on experience with original [...] Frankenholz and in the process turned it into the largest coal mine in the southwest. At its height it had a workforce of over 3000. Prussia mined coal from the Wellesweiler pit, as did Bavaria from the Mi [...] highly modern mining equipment here as part of a huge financial swindle. A misleading survey lured investors with the promise of huge seams of coal, but when it was closed down the mine was left sitting

open-cast mining machines will tell the story of the extraordinary technical achievements that were essential for lignite surface mining. The Bergbau-Technik-Park (open air museum for mining technology) [...] logistics, former miners will be taken back to the old days. A trail reveals the process of lignite mining in chronological order, combined with scenic routes and panoramic views from large-scale technical [...] Neuseenland between Markkleeberger See and Störmthaler See on a waste area of the former open-cast mine Espenhain right next to motorway 38.

Pfaff of Chemnitz. The history of mining is comprehensively depicted in the Municipal and Mining Museum, and the technical university, that incorporates the mining academy established in 1765, has extensive [...] principal sources of metallic ores, a mining region that extended into the present Czech Republic. Freiberg was granted privileges that made it the first free mining city in Germany in the mid-14th century [...] region produced lead, zinc, tin, nickel, cobalt and uranium. The most substantial monuments of the mining industry are the Abrahamschacht, with pithead buildings of 1839, and the Alte Elisabeth, with structures

A hoist tower was a part of the non-existent mine where coal was extracted until 1993. When the mining was discontinued, some of the facilities were demolished. The following buildings were left: a management [...] management office, an old assembly room, a former dwelling-house for mine foremen, a mining fire brigade and a liquid air storage.

industrial heritage. The Miniera di Masua and Porto Flavia are within the Geological Mining Park of Sardinia. Mining at Masua dates to the seventeenth century. It expanded with the Montesanto company in [...] them through the tunnels to a tall archway and a tower built into the cliff. The mining village and a museum of mining machinery can be seen at Masua.

and silver ores which were subsequently exploited by the Hellenic Mining Co which ceased operation at the end of the decade. The mines were revived after the Second World War revived but for copper pyrites [...] which, as a result of toxins released by mining, contains no vegetation. Visitors can also see prehistoric remains from 8th century BC discovered during mining operations. [...] pyrites rather than for gold and silver, and worked from 1952 until the 1970s. The extensive remains of mining activity now lie within the Troodos Geopark. They include the crushing plant, a narrow gauge railway

area as one of the centres of the Ida-Virumaa mining area of north-east Estonia. It is one of Europe’s principal sources of shale oil which was extensively mined in the 20th century and is still being extracted [...] used in generating electric power. Mining began in 1916, and production reached a peak in 1980 with an annual output of 31 million tonnes. The museum is based at a mine that began production in 1937. Shale [...] open-cast working. Visitors are able to go 1 km underground on a train, to explore the working face of the mine, and to eat underground the typical lunch of a mid-20th century miner. On the surface there are buildings

partly near-surface coal layers. Now, iron mills, foundries and coke plants joined the numerous mines. Since then the immense industrial plants have largely disappeared. Only the award-winning Black Country

The mining museum in the historic town of Planá (also called Planá u Mariánských Lázní) tells the story of mining in western Bohemia since the 16th century for silver, lead, copper, cobalt, nickel, antimony [...] underground workings. They show samples of minerals, coins made from metals mined locally, safety equipment, working tools and mining lamps. Visitors to the underground workings walk through original rock-cut [...] and wagons. Separate displays explain the history of uranium mining in the region in the 20th century. The museum is run by a local mining history association begun in 1995.

preserved mine at Harrachov operated from 1957 until 1992 in the mountains on the present border of the Czech Republic and Poland. It opened as a museum in 2003. The minerals extracted at the mine included [...] trams, and mining equipment such as rock drills driven by compressed air. In the museum on the surface are samples of minerals, tools, safety equipment and models and displays about the mine’s history. [...] barytes, galena and quartz, which had varied uses in the chemical and metallurgical industries. The mine had a vertical shaft and seven galleries with over 20 km of tunnels. The tour extends for around 1

of films, images and objects related to the region's mining history. If you like, you can also explore the surroundings of the mine on the mining trail. [...] hammers, rocker shovel and LHD loaders recount the hard work of iron ore mining and the miners' vital team spirit. Once the ore was mined, the historic surface facilities continue to follow its path: from the [...] dating back to the Krupp era of the ore mine at the beginning of the 20th century. The former colliery administration accommodates the original pithead baths and a mining museum featuring a rich collection

Electricity made from coal: When the power plant of the newly established mining company Minero Siderurgica de Ponferrada (MSP) starts operating in 1920, climate change is not an issue. The opposite is [...] describe their everyday routines and the activities taking place around the plant. What type of coal was mined in the area, how did it get to the power plant, and how was it eventually turned into energy? Questions