from the Middle Ages in mining for gold and silver was linked to the creation of a mint that has operated continuously for some 700 years. The museum tells the stories of mining and the manufacture of coins [...] an ancient house on the main square. In the basements visitors learn about the development of ore mining and processing with displays of minerals, tools, trucks, a furnace and testing and measuring instruments

Kremnica in the mountains of central Slovakia was one of the main gold-mining towns in Europe in the Middle Ages and later. Gold and silver extraction began in the 10th century. A mint for coins was making [...] extracted in 1970. However the adit that is now the museum was created during an attempt to restart mining in 1982 and restored by a group of enthusiasts in 2007. It is 60m below the surface and gives visitors [...] visitors access to minerals and workings. In a walk of one hour wearing helmets and lamps they see the mining methods developed in Kremnica from the beginning of the 16th century to the 20th century, including

000 tonnes of rock salt in 1989. There are now 35km of tunnels. The mine still produces rock salt under the name TechSalt. The mine is in the town, at the eastern end of Rua Combatentes da Grande Guerra [...] between the shafts at a depth of 230m (30m below sea-level) to allow ventilation. The Campina de Cima mine then began exploitation using the pillar and stall method to supply the chemical industries. The highest [...] caverns. They see geological formations 230 million years old and learn about the development of mining processes and the uses of rock salt.

like a typical coal mining site from the era between the two World Wars. Most of the buildings are framed in steel and reinforced concrete, and lined with burnt clinkers from mining waste or the slag from [...] from blast furnaces. But the history of the mine goes back along time before that. The decisive turn in its fortunes began in the mid 19th century when a dynasty of French manufacturers called de Wendel [...] the colliery area joined together to set up an organisation to establish and run a communal coal mining museum in the immediate neighbourhood. In 2001 Carreau Wendel was officially recognised as a state

of the mines. Two types of visit are organised: one ‘standard’ visit and another one known as ‘mine in depth’. The first includes a visit to the Interpretation Centre-Parketxe and to the mining gallery [...] The mining galleries of Arditurri are one of the few which have been worked continuously for 2000 years. At present times, the surroundings of the mining land have been recovered after more than 20 years [...] Asturiana de Minas gave up working the wealthy mines of Arditurri in 1984. These galleries are open to the public and can be visited. This visit to the heart of the mines is seen as a journey through time engaging

Regional History Museum was established in 1924 and was originally concerned with the development of mining and the iron and steel industry. It later developed programmes of archaeological research, and its

important country houses. It was home of the 4th Earl Fitzwilliam who built Elsecar, made money from mining and industry and was famous for his racehorses. Wentworth Woodhouse has always been something of

the former railway station preserves a steam locomotive and carriages and includes displays about mining, hand-knitting and rural crafts.

for battery works making sheet and bolts from copper, smelted in Lancashire and Swansea from ores mined at Parys Mountain. A 28 ha country park has been created in the valley in which the remains of a

couldn’t be more different from those in the mine. On the surface you’ll hear the birds overhead, see the wind in the trees, enjoy the fresh air. In the mine, you’ll find it difficult to see very far in [...] go underground in a real mine. The coal face is reached on foot by a sloped tunnel, rather than a vertical shaft. Wear warm clothes and strong shoes – even in summer, the mine is cold. [...] in the dim light, the roar of the fans ventilating the tunnels are the only sounds, and the mine smells damp and musty. In Apedale Valley, you can enjoy the countryside and experience life as a miner. This

all the buildings apart from the furnace stack remain. Also in the centre of Vordernberg are the mining academy of 1840, the Lehrfrisch-Hütte or apprentice forge where smiths learned their trade, the stack

its working life it was a self enclosed world cut off from the surrounding area by high walls. The mining company not only dictated everyday working conditions but also the miners´ private lives in the [...] settlement. Since 1983 visitors have been allowed inside this microcosm, thanks to the museum of mining. The round tour of the museum entitled "Between Men and Machines" gives a vivid picture of the strict

audio-visual exhibition which takes visitors on a journey through more than two centuries of coal-mining history. The four old pit ponies, now enjoying a well-earned retirement, are a special attraction

were mined here around the middle of the 19th century and marvel at the blossom-white lime crystals in the light of the pit helmets. Once Montevecchio was one of the most important ore and zinc mines in [...] in Europe. Today the mines constitute the Historical Mining Park of Sardinia, which in turn is part of the UNESCO Geopark network. Five guided tours unlock this unique ensemble of industrial monuments. In [...] Piccalinna mine display a 120 hp hoist capable of lifting 20 cubic metres of ore per hour. A guided tour through the Renaissance-style "Palazzina della Direzione" reveals the former residence of the mine founder

visitors can now experience multimedia shows recounting the dramatic history of the region, its mining disasters, the rebellions and the struggle for a decent wage. A reconstructed village depicts the

fire and bursting rock. The Rammelsberg Museum and Visitor Mine near Goslar stages 1,000 years of mining history; from the age-old method of mining ore by laying a fire, via an adventurous expedition through [...] Narrow, crudely hewed out mining galleries: damp rock: glittering coloured crystal minerals. Suddenly the seemingly enchanted underground kingdom springs to life. Rushing water: a mighty scoop wheel creaks [...] through a mediaeval system of galleries, to the thunderous roar of modern mining and conveying techniques during a trip on the colliery railway. A fine example of industrial architecture awaits visitors on

ceased operations but in August 1956 it was the site of one of the most tragic accidents in European mining history; a disaster that killed a total of 262 workers. A major section of the colliery museum erected

Falun Mine. Once the world’s largest copper mine and today the heart of a unique historic industrial landscape, which was designated by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. A path meanders around the mine and [...] the ore with a rope winch to the surface. More than one thousand years of the mine’s history are displayed in the local mining museum. Most spectacular is the coin cabinet with probably the heaviest and [...] Swedish miners centuries to dig out of the rock. The manor houses built in the area demonstrate that mining was a very profitable business. There are also the preserved remains of canals and moats which carried

museum of classical artworks housed in one of the papermill buildings, as marked by the tracks of the mine carts here preserved. The industrial history of the site is illustrated in the didactic panels along

Alsdorf is mining community about 15 kilometres north of Aachen, near the Belgian and Dutch borders, in the former Aachen and South Limburg coalfield. The local mining activity lasted for about 150 years [...] years. Coal mining began in 1849, followed two years later by the sinking of the Anna colliery. The second worst mining accident in German history, in which 271 people lost their lives, occurred in Shaft [...] Shaft II of this mine on 21 October 1930. The last pit was closed in 1992. Today, the preserved open-cast facilities of the Anna 2 mine are home to the ENERGETICON energy experience museum. With the core message