A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a

community A community is a social unit (a group of living things) with commonality such as place, norms, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given geographical area (e.g. a country, village, t ...

that houses miners. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a quarry.

Historic mining communities

Australia

* Ballarat, Victoria * Bendigo, Victoria

Austria

* Schwaz *

Eisenerz Eisenerz (; "Iron ore") is a market place and old mining town in the Austrian state of Styria, . N.W. of Graz by rail. Pop. (2001) 6,400. It is situated in the deep Erzbach Valley, dominated on the east by the Pfaffenstein , on the west by th ...

, Styria

Former Austria-Hungary

Upper Austrio-Hungarian mining towns *Göllnitz, today

Gelnica Gelnica ( hu, Gölnicbánya, german: Göllnitz) is a town in the Košice Region of Eastern Slovakia. It has a population of 6,076. Names The name comes from the name of the river Hnilec derived from Slavic word ''hnilý'' (rotten). The initial ...

*Jossau, today

Jasov Jasov (german: Joß; hu, Jászó) is a small town and municipality in Košice-okolie District in the Kosice Region of eastern Slovakia. It is one of several towns in Bodva Valley. Other towns in Bodva Valley include: Lucia Bania, Medzev ( ...

*Nemecká Ľupča, today Partizánska Ľupča *Schmöllnitz, today Smolník *Rosenau, today

Rožňava Rožňava ( hu, Rozsnyó, german: Rosenau, Latin: ''Rosnavia'') is a town in Slovakia, approximately by road from Košice in the Košice Region, and has a population of 19,182. The town is an economic and tourist centre of the Gemer. Rožň ...

*Ruda, today

Rudabánya Rudabánya is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. The town territory was the location of the discovery of a hominid from 12 million years ago, '' Dryopithecus brancoi'' (1969). International relations Rudabánya is twinned with: ...

in Hungary *Telken, today Telkibánya in Hungary *Zipser Neudorf, today

Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves (; hu, Igló; german: (Zipser) Neu(en)dorf) is a town in the Košice Region of Slovakia. The town is located southeast of the High Tatras in the Spiš region, and lies on both banks of the Hornád River. It is the biggest t ...

Lower Austrio-Hungarian mining towns *Dilln, today Banská Belá *Königsberg, today

Nová Baňa Nová Baňa (german: Königsberg; hu, Újbánya) is a small town in the west of central Slovakia and the largest town of the Žarnovica District, located in the Banská Bystrica Region. Etymology The original name of Nová Baňa was Štiavnica ...

*Kremnitz, today Kremnica *Libethen, today Ľubietová *Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica *Pukanz, today Pukanec *Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica

Bosnia and Herzegovina

* Banovići * Kakanj *

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* Zenica

Canada

* Cobalt, Ontario * Glace Bay, Nova Scotia * Dawson City,

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* Lynn Lake, Manitoba * Red Lake, Ontario * Thompson, Manitoba * Timmins, Ontario

Czech Republic

(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 ''Bergstadt'' is German and means " mining town". It may also refer to the following places: * Leśnica, the former German town of Bergstadt, now in Poland * Clausthal-Zellerfeld Clausthal-Zellerfeld is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It i ...

, 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 Jihlava (; german: Iglau) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 50,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihlava ...

, today Jihlava * St. Joachimsthal, today Jáchymov * Johannesthal, today Janov * St. Katharinaberg, today Hora Svaté Kateriny * Klostergrab, today Hrob *

Kupferberg Kupferberg () is a municipality in the district of Kulmbach, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated in the Frankenwald, 9 km northeast of Kulmbach Kulmbach () is the capital of the district of Kulmbach in Bavaria in Germany. The town is ...

, today Měděnec * Kuttenberg, today Kutná Hora * Lauterbach (Kaiserwald) ''(town no longer exists)'' * Mies, today Stříbro * Neustadt a. d. Tafelfichte, today Nové Město pod Smrkem *

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, 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 Sonnenberg is a municipality in the Oberhavel district, in Brandenburg Brandenburg (; nds, Brannenborg; dsb, Bramborska ) is a state in the northeast of Germany bordering the states of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Lower Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, a ...

, today Výsluní * Unterreichenstein, today Rejštejn * Wodnian, today Vodňany * Zuckmantel, today Zlaté Hory

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

* Freudenstadt * Prinzbach

Bavaria

Auerbach in der Oberpfalz Auerbach in der Oberpfalz () is a town in the Amberg-Sulzbach district, Bavaria, Germany. It is located 45 km northeast of Nuremberg. In the subdivision Michelfeld there was a Benedictine monastery which is now a nursing home. Subdivisions ...

Pegnitz (town) Pegnitz () is a town in the Bayreuth district in Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 15,000 inhabitants. It is also the source of the river Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the north. The vi ...

Bodenmais Bodenmais is a municipality in the district of Regen in Bavaria in Germany. It lies at one end of the Zeller Valley in the Bavarian Forest. The tourist attractions at the Silberberg mountain include cross-country skiing tracks as well as an al ...

* Lam * Fichtelberg (Upper Franconia)

Lower Saxony

Altenau Altenau () is a town and a former municipality in the district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 January 2015 it is part of the town Clausthal-Zellerfeld. It is situated in the middle of the Harz mountains, between Clausthal-Zeller ...

Bad Grund Bad Grund (Harz) is a town in the district of Göttingen, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the western Harz, approx. 7 km west of Clausthal-Zellerfeld, and 10 km north of Osterode am Harz. Bad Grund is also the name of the ...

* Clausthal * Zellerfeld *

Lautenthal The formerly free mining town ('' Bergstadt'') of Lautenthal in Germany is a state-recognised, climatic spa with around 1,570 inhabitants and has been part of the borough of Langelsheim since 1972. Geography Lautenthal lies in the Inners ...

Obernkirchen Obernkirchen () is a town in the district of Schaumburg, in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is situated approximately 8 km southwest of Stadthagen, and 15 km east of Minden. Obernkirchen is a small town in the shadows of the Bückeberg, a ...

* Sankt Andreasberg * Wildemann

North Rhine-Westphalia

* Lüdenscheid

Saxony

* Altenberg * Annaberg * Buchholz * Berggießhübel *Bleiberg (near Frankenberg/Sa.) ''(town no longer exists)'' *

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Ehrenfriedersdorf Ehrenfriedersdorf () is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 8 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 21 km south of Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-la ...

* Eibenstock * Elterlein * Ernstthal * Freiberg * Geyer * Glashütte (Saxony) * Hohenstein * Johanngeorgenstadt * Lengefeld *

Lößnitz Bergstadt Lößnitz (“Mining Town of Lößnitz”, also spelt Lössnitz), sometimes also called ''Muhme'' (“Aunt”) for its age, is a town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany, and belongs to the Town League of Silberberg (''S ...

* Marienberg, Saxony * Neustädtel * Oberwiesenthal *

Oederan Oederan is a town in the district of Mittelsachsen, in Saxony, Germany. Geography Oederan is situated 14 km southwest of Freiberg, 17 km east of Chemnitz and about 50 km west of Dresden. The town includes the villages of Börni ...

* Scheibenberg * Schneeberg * Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb. *

Thum Thum is a small town in the district of Erzgebirgskreis, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. Thum has a population of about 5800. Geography Thum is situated in the Erzgebirge, 10 km northwest of Annaberg-Buchholz, and 19 km south o ...

* Voigtsberg *

Wolkenstein Wolkenstein is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the river Zschopau, 22 km southeast of Chemnitz. The town is situated on a rocky spur near the confluence of Zschopau and ...

* Zschopau *

Zwönitz Zwönitz () is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated 9 km south of Stollberg, and 24 km southwest of Chemnitz. Parts of the town Zwönitz consists of: Population * 1542 – 570 * 1697 – 7 ...

Saxony-Anhalt

Eisleben Eisleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is famous as both the hometown of the influential theologian Martin Luther and the place where he died; hence, its official name is Lutherstadt Eisleben. First mentioned in the late 10th century, ...

* Sangerhausen

Thuringia

* Ilmenau * Ruhla * Suhl * Sondershausen

Hong Kong

* Ma On Shan Village

Indonesia

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Tembagapura Tembagapura is a district in Mimika Regency, part of the Indonesian province of Central Papua, centered on an urban village built to support the Grasberg Mine. The district covers 2,586.86 km2, and it had a population of 16,917 at the 2010 Census ...

Nigeria

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Norway

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms produ ...

(formerly) * Røros

Poland

* Georgenberg (now Miasteczko Śląskie) * Goldberg, (now Złotoryja) * Groß Salze, (now Wieliczka) * Nikolstadt, (now Mikołajowice) * Salzberg, (now Bochnia) * Wilhelmstal, (now Bolesławów)

Slovenia

* Idrija * Velenje * Trbovlje

South Korea

* Gangwon Province ** Jeongseon County ** Taebaek City ** Samcheok City ** Yeongwol County * North Gyeongsang Province ** Sangju City ** Mungyeong City **

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** Yeongju City **

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United States

Alaska

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Arizona

* Bisbee * Cerro Colorado * Contention City *

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* Klondyke *

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* Tombstone * Tumacacori

California

* Calico, San Bernardino Co. *

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Colorado

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* Cripple Creek *

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* Leadville * Tercio * Victor

Idaho

* Custer * Idaho City

Iowa

* Buxton * Centerville * Coalville * Confidence * Lucas * Everist * Muchakinock * Mystic *

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Michigan

* Bessemer * Calumet * Houghton *

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* Ishpeming *

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* White Pine

Minnesota

* Aurora * Babbitt * Biwabik * Bovey * Buhl * Calumet * Chisholm * Coleraine * Crosby * Cuyuna * Ely *

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* Hibbing * Hoyt Lakes * Ironton * Keewatin * Kinney *

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* McKinley * Mountain Iron * Nashwauk * Riverton * Soudan * Taconite * Trommald *

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Montana

* Bannack (ghost town) *

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* Virginia City

Nevada

* Austin * Eureka * Goldfield * Jarbidge *

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* Tonopah * Virginia City

References

* Book features pg. 147 about what is necessary for a settlement to have in order to be considered a "mining town". {{DEFAULTSORT:Mining Town History of mining