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Community that houses miners
Partizánska Ľupča in
Slovakia . Now a village with 1300 inhabitants but in 14th-19th centuries an important mining town with more than 4000. Several houses still have an urban character.
Dawson City , Yukon, Canada, in 1957.
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
Australia
Austria
Austria-Hungary
Upper Austrio-Hungarian mining towns (Slovakia)
Göllnitz, today
Gelnica
Jossau, today
Jasov
Nemecká Ľupča, today
Partizánska Ľupča
Schmöllnitz, today
Smolník
Rosenau, today
Rožňava
Zipser Neudorf, today
Spišská Nová Ves
Dilln, today
Banská Belá
Königsberg, today
Nová Baňa
Kremnitz, today
Kremnica
Libethen, today
Ľubietová
Neusohl, today
Banská Bystrica
Pukanz, today
Pukanec
Schemnitz, today
Banská Štiavnica
Lower Austrio-Hungarian mining towns (Hungary)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Canada
Czechia
(Listed under names given when founded or working as a mining town)
Abertham , today Abertamy
Adamstadt , today Adamov
Adamsfreiheit , today Hůrky
Bärringen , today Pernink
Bergreichenstein , today Kašperské Hory
Bergstadt , today Horní Město
Bleistadt , today Oloví
Böhmisch Wiesenthal , today Loučná pod Klínovcem
Eule , today Jílové u Prahy
St. Georgenthal , today Jiretin pod Jedlovou
Goldeck (Mährisch Altstadt), today Staré Město pod Sněžníkem
Goldenstein , today Branná
Gossengrün , today Krajková
Gottesgab , today Boží Dar
Graupen , today Krupka
Hartmanitz , today Hartmanice
Iglau , today Jihlava
St. Joachimsthal , today Jáchymov
Johannesthal , today Janov
St. Katharinaberg , today Hora Svaté Kateriny
Klostergrab , today Hrob
Kupferberg , today Měděnec
Kuttenberg , today Kutná Hora
Lauterbach (Kaiserwald) (town no longer exists)
Mies , today Stříbro
Neustadt a. d. Tafelfichte , today Nové Město pod Smrkem
Plan , today Planá
Platz , today Místo
Platten , today Horní Blatná
Preßnitz (town no longer exists)
Rudolfstadt , today Rudolfov
Schlaggenwald , today Horní Slavkov
Sebastiansberg , today Hora Svatého Šebestiána
Sonnenberg , today Výsluní
Unterreichenstein , today Rejštejn
Wodnian , today Vodňany
Zuckmantel , today Zlaté Hory
Finland
Germany
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
Bavaria
Lower Saxony
North Rhine-Westphalia
Saxony
Saxony-Anhalt
Thuringia
Hong Kong
Indonesia
Nigeria
Norway
Poland
Slovenia
South Korea
United States
Alaska
Arizona
California
Colorado
Idaho
Iowa
Michigan
Minnesota
Montana
Nevada
New Mexico
South Dakota
Utah
Wisconsin
See also
References
Citations
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".