iron ore had been mined for two millennia. Mining expanded under the Republic of Venice. It was modernised in the 1930s and ended in 1972. The Schilpario Mine, in a park named after mining engineer Andrea [...] lamps. In 2008, Ski-Mine bought the nearby Lupi mine in Valbondione and the iron furnace of Fusorio at Gavazzo. Later they took on Marzoli Mine in Pezzaze and the Sant'Aloisio Mine in Collio and in 2016 [...] Andrea Bocelli, is preserved by the Ski-Mine cooperative, which was set up by enthusiasts in 1997 to present mining heritage. All visits are by guided tours booked in advance. Trains carry visitors 200 m to

region relating to the history of mining and ironworking. Chief amongst them is the Museo Le Miniere di Pezzaze (the mining museum at Pezzaze) set in the Marzoli iron ore mine, opened in 1886 by the Fratelli [...] Miniera Aventurra San Aloisio Tassara (Adventure Mine of St Aloysius) near Collio was once the richest mine in the region. Visitors can see the remains of the mine and an exhibition explaining the processing [...] who used iron made from the ore in the manufacture of armaments. The mine went out of production in 1972. Visitors can explore the mine on 90-minute guided tours which involve travelling 700 m. by train

The lignite mines at Soby, 15 km south of the city of Herning contributed to the supply of energy in Denmark for 30 years from 1940, and were especially important during the wartime years of occupation [...] of the lignite workings. There is a memorial to the 57 people killed while working in the lignite mines between 1940 and 1970.

Visitors can make their way through a representation of the underground workings of a Polish coal mine. One of the most prized exhibits is an Enigma coding machine that was used by Polish mathematicians

classical archway to the industrial archaeological sites of the foundries, blast furnaces and iron ore mines of the "Calabrian Iron and Steel Industry Park".

1910 by the German geologist Otto Trustedt. Mining began in 1913 when a smelter came into operation. The smelter ceased working in 1929 but the scale of mining greatly increased in that period, with concentrate [...] the last mine in the region ceased working in 1989. The museum opened in 1982, and includes winding room and crushing plant. Displays illustrate the development of geological prospecting and mining in Finland [...] Finland, and the life and work patterns of mining communities.

stories told by the Museum and Park Rüdersdorf where visitors walk through 750 years of limestone mining and processing. Most impressive is the pit furnace system consisting of 18 frontloading kilns constantly

of Askersund. 1 km from the mine, which is still active today, is the Knalla mine, which was in operation until 2004. Since 2016, an exhibition mine was operated in the mine, the underground section of [...] zinc, lead, copper and silver have been mined and enriched since the second half of the 1850s. At that time, the Belgian company Vieille Montagne built the mining facility and accommodation for the miners [...] buildings above ground continue to house a mining museum, which offers guided tours of the site and operates a 500-metre-long narrow-gauge railway line around the mine site. The museum's exhibition hall houses

Survey, Lab and Rehabilitation rooms. They can then complete their mining experience by taking an “interactive” part in the process of mining in the digital-technology wing. The site is in a majestic scenery [...] area. In mid 1960s, Vagonetto’s Tunnel 850 opened as a working gallery, one of the first for the mining of bauxite in mountain Ghiona. The gallery was exhausted after a decade. About 30 years since the [...] scenery in the Greek mainland between two mountains and shares the grounds with the active mining company “European Bauxites”.

and there are displays that explain the geology of the mine and its technical history, as well as the social life of the miners. The mine is about an hour’s walk from the resort of Zinal which lies near [...] The La Lee copper mine, in the canton of Valais, is located on the left bank of the River Navizence, 1920 m above sea level. Visitors are able to explore workings that extend 500 m into the mountain, and

parts: the museum of local history and the museum of mining. The mining museum was the first of its kind in the region, created in 1972. Iron-ore mining in the Lahn valley dates back 3,000 years and was mentioned [...] drilling and blasting, safety and mine rescue, protective clothing, religion and transport. Hundreds of objects are included from different periods. A 200-m-long simulated mine is set out with historical tools

the region's belated revival after the Second World War, as well as the millennia-old history of mining and metalworking in the region. Trade also plays an important role for South Westphalia and the museum's

employed by George von Giesches Erben, a Silesian mining corporation that originated in the early eighteenth century at the Nickisch (now Poniatowski) mine, one of 14 in the Giesche (now Wieczorek) colliery [...] Katowice is a city of more than 300,000 inhabitants, at the centre of one of Europe’s principal coal-mining and iron-making regions. In the nineteenth century it was part of the Prussian province of Silesia

of salt at the town of Cardona in Catalunya has been exploited for 4,000 years. Industrial-scale mining began in the early twentieth century for potassium chloride, used in making fertilisers. The Mina [...] Mountain Cultural Park. Displays on the surface explain the importance of salt, the history of the mine and the park’s unusual geology and natural history. Visitors see the surface buildings, including [...] the 1920s. A choice of standard or ‘theatrical’ guided tours take people 86 m underground to see mining tunnels, salt formations and caverns.

for Coal Mining Culture Fluminimaggiore. Su Zurfuru Mining Site Guspini. The Mines of Montevecchio Iglesias. Masua Mines and Porto Flavia Iglesias. Museum of the Arts of Mining Narcao. Rosas Mining Ecomuseum [...] rich in mineral resources. Mining was practised here for several thousands of years. Its history started in paleolitic age with obsidian mines and kept on with ore and coal mining trought the Roman Empire [...] Spanish domination and the era of the Industrial Revolution until the last mines closed at the end of the 20th century. Former mines and their remains are located all over Sardinia and very often they are

together with some adjacent communities, in 1933. Agate, jasper, amethyst and other gemstone have been mined for centuries in the hills that line the Nahe, and the towns developed into the principal jewellery [...] German Gemstone Route, which link together all the sites of interest around Idar-Oberstein, including a mine at Steinkaulenberg, an agate mill at Weiherschleife and a gemstone garden at Kempfeld.

The only visitor mine in Germany that gives access to workings for graphite is at Hauzenberg 15 km north-east of Passau in Bavaria. It is sponsored by the Graphit Kropfmühl graphite refining company that [...] inspect the tools and other equipment once used in the extraction of graphite. The history of graphite mining and processing is illustrated by archive films. The refining of graphite to produce ‘lead’ for pencils

steelworks. The museum occupies the site of the Loftus ironstone mine which closed in 1958. The highlight of a visit is a tour of a drift mine. [...] local journalist Tom Leonard (1922-1983) who was concerned with the rapid loss of the landscape of mining and ironmaking that had characterised the area for more than a century. The museum was established

The Argentella silver mine lies on the bay of Crovani on the west coast of Corsica, within the district of Calinzana. The mine was a source of argentiferous galena (i.e. silver-bearing lead ore) and was [...] the nineteenth century, and finally for a short period from 1906 by a company called La Societe des Mines de Prunelli. The principal remains are a high brick ventilation shaft and a very substantial three-store

other installations such as the foundry and transformer station. The museum also tells the story of mining in the area: for lead, copper and later uranium.