Mining community
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A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.
Historical mining communities
[edit]Australia
[edit]- Ballarat, Victoria
- Bendigo, Victoria
- Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
- Menzies, Western Australia
Austria-Hungary
[edit]Austrian Lands
- Idrija, today in Slovenia
- Eisenerz in Styria
- Hall in Tirol in Tyrol
- Schwaz in Tyrol
Lower Hungarian mining towns
- Kremnitz, today Kremnica in Slovakia
- Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia
- Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia
- Königsberg, today Nová Baňa in Slovakia
- Libethen, today Ľubietová in Slovakia
- Pukkanz, today Pukanec in Slovakia
- Dilln, today Banská Belá in Slovakia
Upper Hungarian mining towns
- Göllnitz, today Gelnica in Slovakia
- Rosenau, today Rožňava in Slovakia
- Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves in Slovakia
- Schmöllnitz, today Smolník in Slovakia
- Jossau, today Jasov in Slovakia
- Ruda, today Rudabánya in Hungary
- Telken, today Telkibánya in Hungary
Other Hungarian mining towns
- Deutsch Liptsch, today Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
[edit]Canada
[edit]Czech Republic
[edit](German name in parentheses)
- Abertamy (Abertham)
- Adamov (Adamstadt)
- Andělská Hora (Engelsberg)
- Boží Dar (Gottesgab)
- Branná (Goldenstein)
- Hartmanice (Hartmanitz)
- Hora Svaté Kateřiny (Sankt Katharinaberg)
- Hora Svatého Šebestiána (Sebastiansberg)
- Horní Blatná (Platten)
- Horní Město (Bergstadt)
- Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald)
- Hrob (Klostergrab)
- Hůrky (Adamsfreiheit), today part of Nová Bystřice
- Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal, Joachimsthal)
- Janov (Johannesthal)
- Jihlava (Iglau)
- Jílové u Prahy (Eule)
- Jiřetín pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal)
- Kašperské Hory (Bergreichenstein)
- Krajková (Gossengrün)
- Krásno (Schönfeld)
- Krupka (Graupen)
- Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg)
- Litrbachy (Lauterbach) – in the area of Rovná, no longer exists
- Loučná pod Klínovcem (Böhmisch Wiesenthal)
- Měděnec (Kupferberg)
- Místo (Platz)
- Nové Město pod Smrkem (Neustadt an der Tafelfichte)
- Oloví (Bleistadt)
- Pernink (Bärringen)
- Planá (Plan)
- Přebuz (Frühbuß)
- Přísečnice (Preßnitz) – in the area of Kryštofovy Hamry, no longer exists
- Rejštejn (Unterreichenstein)
- Rudolfov (Rudolfstadt)
- Staré Město (Goldeck, Altstadt)
- Stříbrné Hory (Silberberg), today part of Nalžovské Hory
- Stříbro (Mies)
- Vodňany (Wodnian)
- Výsluní (Sonnenberg)
- Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel)
Finland
[edit]Germany
[edit]In Germany, a Bergstadt refers to a settlement near mineral deposits vested with town privileges, Bergregal rights and tax exemption, in order to promote the economic development of the mining region.
Baden-Württemberg
[edit]Bavaria
[edit]Lower Saxony
[edit]North Rhine-Westphalia
[edit]Saxony
[edit]- Altenberg
- Annaberg
- Buchholz
- Berggießhübel
- Bleiberg (near Frankenberg/Sa.) (town no longer exists)
- Brand
- Ehrenfriedersdorf
- Eibenstock
- Elterlein
- Ernstthal
- Freiberg
- Geyer
- Glashütte (Saxony)
- Hohenstein
- Johanngeorgenstadt
- Lengefeld
- Lößnitz
- Marienberg, Saxony
- Neustädtel
- Oberwiesenthal
- Oederan
- Scheibenberg
- Schneeberg
- Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.
- Thum
- Voigtsberg
- Wolkenstein
- Zschopau
- Zwönitz
Saxony-Anhalt
[edit]Thuringia
[edit]Hong Kong
[edit]Indonesia
[edit]Nigeria
[edit]Norway
[edit]Poland
[edit]- Georgenberg (now Miasteczko Śląskie)
- Goldberg, (now Złotoryja)
- Groß Salze, (now Wieliczka)
- Nikolstadt, (now Mikołajowice)
- Salzberg, (now Bochnia)
- Wilhelmstal, (now Bolesławów)
Slovenia
[edit]South Korea
[edit]United States
[edit]Alaska
[edit]Arizona
[edit]California
[edit]Colorado
[edit]Idaho
[edit]Iowa
[edit]Michigan
[edit]Minnesota
[edit]Montana
[edit]- Bannack (ghost town)
- Butte
- Colstrip
- Virginia City
Nevada
[edit]New Mexico
[edit]South Dakota
[edit]Utah
[edit]Wisconsin
[edit]See also
[edit]- Boomtown
- Coal town
- Man camp – temporary housing for resource extraction
- Mission (station)
- Pit village
References
[edit]Citations
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mining towns.
- Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6. Book features pg. 147 about what is necessary for a settlement to have in order to be considered a "mining town".