A journey through the history of mining belongs where? Exactly, right underground! The Queen Louise Mine in Zabrze, Poland, is a perfect example of this because actually most of the action takes place [...] the 6 kV switching station, today housing an exhibition on the electrification of the mining industry. Down in the mine, visitors will be witnessing, among other things, spacious passages with brick vaults [...] place underground. The guided tour starts in the pithead baths of the Carnall mine shaft, which already has a lot to offer on the surface like the wide view from the still preserved headstock, the shiny black

The owner of the mine was Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck. Operation of a mine began in 1872. Until 1922 the mine was called "Deutschland" (in honour of German unification). From 1922 to 1937 it was called [...] 225 m. These shafts were equipped with modern lifting machines. They are the only remains of this mine.

The complexes of multi-family housing for staff and inspectors of the former mine „Dębieńsko”, called familoki (family block), which survived in Czerwionka, are an extremely important and distinctive part [...] town of Czerwionka-Leszczyny. These housing complexes were built in stages between 1898-1916 as the mine developed and grew. As a cultural achievement, the housing was entered in the national register of

Silver mining began in the Upper Harz Mountains in the Middle Ages and peaked in the sixteenth century. There were many inter-connected workings. The mine of ‘Lautenthal’s Luck’ worked until 1931 and became [...] Exhibitions on the surface explain geology and mining techniques and include historical artefacts and models. Outside are rail wagons, a nineteenth-century mine shaft and a waterwheel. [...] The workings were connected to the Tiefen Sachsen drainage tunnel, which was dug around 1600. The mine’s name goes back to at least 1681 and refers to the good fortune and prosperity it brought to the town

pottery from Olari Horezu, notable in the early twentieth century for its high quality wares, and mining plant from the Carpathians including crushing mills and ore-washing equipment. The museum is the

the region. A few kilometres away at Gargas are the extraordinary orange-coloured tunnels of the mines of Bruoux, which supplied the factory.

centre for ironmaking from the sixteenth century. In 1848 a large smelter and forge opened with coal mines and brickworks to supply it. It grew in the 1870s and 1880s with steel furnaces and rail transport

family’s Orconera iron ore company and developed interests in other sectors, including banking, lead mining, papermaking, coal trading and shipping. He founded the Vizcaya Bank in 1901 and the shipping company

facilities was built to transport the coal mined in the region. In 1992, 290 miners were killed in one of the worst mining accidents in the country. Turkey's first mining museum was opened in Zonguldak in 2016 [...] models of mines, documents and wall paintings, miners' materials and clothing, and much more. Integrated into the museum area and accessible to visitors is the training mine of the mining company that [...] of black coal mining from its beginnings to the present time, the basics of the topography of the coal basin and the formation of coal and fossils. A film introduces the history of mining. The museum's

"Heritage Trail", bringing to life the history and technology of what was once Europe's largest coal mine. What was it like when the rhythm of gigantic machines and conveyor belts determined the lives of

around the life of Etienne Lantier, an unemployed railwayman who by chance secures employment in a coal mine called Le Voreux (the voracious beast), and La Bete Humaine (the beast in man) of 1890, a tale of [...] of tortured love, which focuses on the life of a railway engine driver. Zola visited coal mines in the course of writing the first, and made several footplate journeys while researching the background for

around 20,000 metric hundredweights of copper. By mixing the copper with zinc-rich calamine ore, mined in the area nearby, they could produce brass, which was Stolberg´s number one export. Nowadays there

explained with descriptions, listening stations as well as photos and films. The Zolder mine was the last of the seven mines in the Kempen coal basin to close in 1992. Since 1930, it had mainly produced bituminous [...] No mine can operate without sufficient "ventilation", i.e. the supply of fresh air and the removal of used air and harmful gases. But how did the miners get enough oxygen underground and how was compressed [...] of 9379 miners. The peak year for coal production was 1967 with 2.3 million tonnes; in total both mines produced 87.9 million tonnes of coal.

the next ten years he built railways in the south-west of England and became involved with metal mining in Cornwall. He also built more than 300 kilometres of railways around Rome. His sons were also

iron and steel industries in the Basque Country. He had diverse commercial interests in banking, mining and railways but his principal significance was as a founder of the steel firm Altos Hornos de Bilbao [...] family business with his father and his older brother Juan Maria . The family invested in iron-ore mines and in 1846 built a blast furnace at a forge they acquired at Guriezo in Cantabria. After their father

and Valencia to consolidate cooperation. The family invested in iron-ore mines in Triano and Somorrostro, which they leased to mine operators. In 1846 they built a blast furnace at Guriezo in Cantabria After [...] iron and steel industries in the Basque Country. He had diverse commercial interests in banking, mining and railways but his principal significance was as a founder of the steel-making firm Altos Hornos [...] blast furnaces fuelled by coal. To further integrate their operation they made contracts to lease mines and a railway concession with international companies in which they took shares: Orconera and Fra

1964, driving all the way in his Morris 1100 car. An account of his life is retained at the Big Pit mining museum.

one of the largest mercury mines in the world. At the end of the 18th century, no fewer than 1,350 miners worked here. The Idrija mercury mine, together with the Almadèn mine in Spain, was inscribed on [...] the oldest preserved mine shafts in Europe. The underground tour leads 1,200 metres into the mine's tunnels. Audio-visual presentations and figurative displays explain the mining methods used. In the Hg [...] in 2012. The history of mining is presented in detail in the Idrija Municipal Museum in Gewerkenegg Castle , including in the exhibition area "Five centuries of cinnabar mining". The castle was built in

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

Rudolfsturm, built in 1903 as the home of the manager of the salt mines, and to the castle of 1284 that protected the workings. Nearby mines are open to visitors in the summer months.