Eduardo Aznar founded the Compañía Minera de Sierra Menera. A 204 km railway line was built to link the mines of Ojos Negros, Teruel, with the new port infrastructures for exporting iron ore to other European

provides the energy to move one wheel. Inside, a multimedial exhibition tells the story of the iron mining and the production of iron tools, with a final immersion in an authentic hammer mill environment

industry. The mining museum reveals 150 years of mining history in the Berguedà district, the uses and applications of coal and the way of life of those who lived around the mines. A mining trains takes [...] Around the upper reaches of the Llobregat river there are many mines which have riddled the mountains with their galleries. The mines of Figols and the surrounding area were for long the source of the [...] takes visitors inside the galleries of the Sant Romà mine where they can experience, in the original setting, what work was inside the mine. The museum presents an interesting audivisual display, a miner's

Helmets on, enter the mine train and off it goes into the mountain, 580 metres deep. An extensive network of tracks covering main and secondary galleries indicates how busy the iron ore mines of Rumelange must [...] Monumental machines illustrate post World War II mining operations which were far less dangerous and hard than around 1870 when Luxembourg started its mining industries. In those days 70 to 90 miners worked [...] foremen, regular miners, those in charge of shaft sinking, haulers, waggoners, and mine surveyors. Objects like lamps, small mining tools, measuring equipment, photos, and clothes recount the pit’s everyday life

Ignacy Historic Mine was established in 1792 as Hoym mine. Later the name was changed into Ignacy. After coal mining ceased, the colliery has been open to visitors since 1999. Nowadays „Ignacy” combines [...] exhibit is a hundred-year-old steam machine, which visitors can see in action. Another attraction of the mine is the former water tower, which now has turned into a viewing point, offering a panoramic view of [...] of Copernicus Science Center in Warsaw. There is also a very large recreational area next to the mine with a playground, a garden of experiences and a steam fountain.

the mine’s 120th anniversary. The project became part of the OKD Mining Museum at Ostrava in 2001. Visitors are able to explore a show gallery that extends 130 m into the Homola hill, to see mining machinery [...] large coal mine dating from 1874 with shafts extending 527 m below the surface that ceased operation in 1997. The decision to develop a museum on the site was taken as early as 1993 when the mine was still [...] machinery from the early 20th century and to admire the mine’s imposing headstock and winding gear. They can inspect the mine rescue station and the rooms where the miners changed into their working clothes

productivity. The mine made losses in 1929, 1932 and 1933. Safety measures recommended by government were not implement, notable the direction in the Coal Mines Act of 1911 that a mine should have two main [...] A mining disaster on 22 September 1934 at Gresford, now a suburb of Wrexham, was one of the worst in British history. It is commemorated in the district in several ways. Henry Dennis and his son Henry [...] main intake airways, one of which should not be used for haulage of coal. It applied to new mines, but was only recommended to existing pits such as Gresford. An explosion occurred at 02.00 on Saturday

has some special features. Since the 12th century, brine, from which salt was extracted, has been mined in the area of today's Bad Salzelmen district. From 1756-65, a graduation works was built which, after

agriculture to heavy chains, especially ship and anchor chains. Besides the German shipyards and the mining industry of the Ruhr area, oil companies also developed into important trading partners. They required

Leoben MuseumsCenter with its state-of-the-art design translates 2,000 years of local, regional, and mining history into a complex experience that invites visitors to ride on “Seven rails into the past”. The

combines real mining heritage artifacts with digital content (3D video, VR, holographic projections, mapping) in order to tell the story of our community. This local community was formed by the mining industry [...] at the time of mining. Besides the tour through exhibitions and guided tours around industrial landscape in and around the town, the museum also offers the game »Escape from the mine«: fun and educational [...] The Virtual Museum of Mining 4th dritl is located in the basemant of historical building of Delavski dom Cultural Center Trbovlje, that was built with volunteer work and contributions of Trbovlje's inhabitatnt

and revolutionary Giuseppina Martinuzzi. The permanent display about mining which reflects upon the almost 400 years of Labin’s mining history is a special attraction. It was set up on the ground-floor and [...] museum’s building, between 1961 and 1964, with the direct support from the Istrian coal mines of Raša. The miniature mine has a length of about 150 meters.

since Roman times. At the beginning of the 20th century major mining activities were initiated in the Irun hills. Iron carbonate was mined from the Meazuri, Meagorri, Aitzondo and Basakaitz galleries to

first-hand the fascinating world of mining. Once you have been equipped with a helmet and protective clothing, travel 1.5 kilometres into the pit on the original mine railway. Experienced miners tell the [...] work in old tunnels and mines three hundred metres underground, where the temperature is approximately 12°C in summer and winter and the arduous conditions in which ore was mined are explained.

the direction of Joseph-Eugene Schneider and his descendants Le Creusot became the centre of a vast mining, ironmaking and engineering enterprise.The steam hammer was developed there in the late 1830s and

War, but recovered as a centre of coal-mining, and now has a population of about 7,000. The mines closed in the 1980s but the landscape is rich in monuments of mining history. La Chaine des Terrils is an [...] Chaine des Terrils organisations expeditions across the tips to study ecology and mining heritage, and coach tours of the mining landscape across a wider area are operated from the tourist office in Lens. [...] an organisation founded in 1986 which takes a multi-disciplinary approach to the mining landscape, with the objective of building upon the past, and using the monuments of past industry as opportunities

exhibition gallery illustrates the development of coal-mining technology, the history of coal as a source of energy, and the social life of mining communities in northern France, particularly in the 1890s [...] role of horses in mining. The Centre holds the historic archives of the colliery companies of the Nord Pas-de-Calais region, and collections of railway rolling stock associated with mining and of twentieth [...] The centre at Guesnain 8km SE of Douai is the largest mining museum in France and occupies the surface buildings of the Delloye Colliery that was sunk in 1920. Most of the principal surface structures

symbolises the place of football in the working-class culture of the Ruhrgebiet. It stands in the former mining community of Gelsenkirchen, amongst houses and pubs that were once occupied by men who extracted

the closing in 1980 Blegny mine was the oldest and last remaining mine in the region. Who descends here by cage, is able to follow almost the entire history of industrial mining in the underground galleries:

From here you can gaze out over the wasteland which used to be the Klettwitz-Nord brown coal surface mine until 1992. Now nature is gaining ground once more, thanks to Lake Bergheid which was created from