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 people) with a shared socially-significant characteristic, such as place, set of norms, culture, religion, values, customs, or identity. Communities may share a sense of place situated in a given g ...

that houses

miner A miner is a person who extracts ore, coal, chalk, clay, or other minerals from the earth through mining. There are two senses in which the term is used. In its narrowest sense, a miner is someone who works at the rock face (mining), face; cutt ...

s. Mining communities are usually created around a mine or a

quarry A quarry is a type of open-pit mining, open-pit mine in which dimension stone, rock (geology), rock, construction aggregate, riprap, sand, gravel, or slate is excavated from the ground. The operation of quarries is regulated in some juri ...

Historical mining communities

Australia

Ballarat Ballarat ( ) () is a city in the Central Highlands of Victoria, Australia. At the 2021 census, Ballarat had a population of 111,973, making it the third-largest urban inland city in Australia and the third-largest city in Victoria. Within mo ...

, Victoria *

Bendigo Bendigo ( ) is an Australian city in north-central Victoria. The city is located in the Bendigo Valley near the geographical centre of the state and approximately north-west of Melbourne, the state capital. As of 2022, Bendigo has a popula ...

, Victoria *

Kalgoorlie Kalgoorlie-Boulder (or just Kalgoorlie) is a city in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia, located east-northeast of Perth at the end of the Great Eastern Highway. It is referred to as Kalgoorlie–Boulder as the surroundi ...

, Western Australia * Menzies, Western Australia

Austria-Hungary

Austrian Lands * Idrija, today in Slovenia * Eisenerz in Styria * Hall in Tirol in Tyrol * Schwaz in Tyrol Lower Hungarian mining towns *Kremnitz, today

Kremnica Kremnica (; , ) is a town in central Slovakia. It has around 5,300 inhabitants. The well-preserved medieval town built above important gold mines is the site of the oldest still-working mint in the world. Name The name is derived from Slovak '' ...

in Slovakia *Schemnitz, today

Banská Štiavnica Banská Štiavnica (; ; , ) is a town in central Slovakia, in the middle of an immense caldera created by the collapse of an ancient volcano. For its size, the caldera is known as the Štiavnica Mountains. Banská Štiavnica has a population of ...

in Slovakia *Neusohl, today

Banská Bystrica Banská Bystrica (, also known by other #Etymology, alternative names) is a city in central Slovakia, located on the Hron River in a long and wide valley encircled by the mountain chains of the Low Tatras, the Greater Fatra, Veľká Fatra, and t ...

in Slovakia *Königsberg, today Nová Baňa in Slovakia *Libethen, today Ľubietová in Slovakia *Pukkanz, today

Pukanec Pukanec ( / ''Puk(k)an(t)z'', ; ) is a village and municipality (historical town) in the Levice District in the Nitra Region of southern Slovakia. Etymology The name is probably derived from a personal name Baka, Bak, Bukan/Pukan or potentially ...

in Slovakia *Dilln, today Banská Belá in Slovakia Upper Hungarian mining towns *Göllnitz, today Gelnica in Slovakia *Rosenau, today

Rožňava Rožňava (, , 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. Rožňava is now a popular tourist attr ...

in Slovakia *Zipser Neudorf, today

Spišská Nová Ves Spišská Nová Ves (; ; ) 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 town of the Spišská Nová Ves Distric ...

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

* Banovići *

Kakanj Kakanj ( sr-cyrl, Какањ) is a town and municipality located in Zenica-Doboj Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the Europe's oldest continuously inhabitted settlement. As of 2013, ...

Tuzla Tuzla (, , ) is the List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inha ...

Zenica Zenica ( ; ) is a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and an administrative and economic center of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina's Zenica-Doboj Canton. It is located in the Bosna (river), Bosna river valley, about north of Sarajevo. The ...

Canada

Cobalt, Ontario Cobalt is a town in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada. It had a population of 989 at the 2021 Census. In the early 1900s, the area was heavily mined for silver; the silver ore also contained cobalt. By 1910, the community was the fourth hi ...

Glace Bay, Nova Scotia Glace Bay (Scottish Gaelic: ''Glasbaidh'') is a community in the eastern part of the Cape Breton Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. It forms part of the general area referred to as Industrial Cape Breton. Formerly an incorporated ...

* Dawson City,

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* Lynn Lake, Manitoba *

Red Lake, Ontario Red Lake is a municipality with town status in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Ontario, located northwest of Thunder Bay and less than from the Manitoba border. The municipality consists of six small communities ( ...

Thompson, Manitoba Thompson is a List of cities in Manitoba, city in north-central Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada, the largest city and most populated municipality in Northern Manitoba. Situated along the Burntwood River, Thompson is located north of Lake Winnipeg a ...

* Timmins, Ontario * Flin Flon, Manitoba

Czech Republic

(German name in parentheses) * Abertamy (Abertham) * Adamov (Adamstadt) * Andělská Hora (Engelsberg) *

Boží Dar Boží Dar () is a town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 300 inhabitants. Situated in the Ore Mountains at above sea level, it is considered the highest town in the Czech Republic. The town ...

(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 Jáchymov (; or ''Joachimsthal'') is a spa town in Karlovy Vary District in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 2,300 inhabitants. Jáchymov has a long mining tradition, thanks to which it used to be the second most popu ...

(Sankt Joachimsthal, Joachimsthal) * Janov (Johannesthal) *

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

(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 Stříbro (; ) is a town in Tachov District in the Plzeň Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 8,100 inhabitants. The historic town centre with the Renaissance Stříbro bridge is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech ...

(Mies) * Vodňany (Wodnian) * Výsluní (Sonnenberg) * Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel)

Finland

* Pargas

Germany

In Germany, a ''Bergstadt'' refers to a settlement near

mineral In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid substance with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.John P. Rafferty, ed. (2011): Mi ...

deposits vested with town privileges, ''

Bergregal The ''Bergregal'' () was the historic property rights (economics), right of ownership of mining law, untapped mineral resources in parts of German-speaking Europe; ownership of the ''Bergregal'' meant entitlement to the mineral rights, rights and ...

'' rights and tax exemption, in order to promote the economic development of the mining region.

Baden-Württemberg

* Freudenstadt * Prinzbach

Bavaria

* Auerbach in der Oberpfalz *

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 (river), Pegnitz. The city Bayreuth is about 27 km to the ...

* Bodenmais * Lam * Fichtelberg (Upper Franconia)

Lower Saxony

* Altenau * Bad Grund *

Clausthal Clausthal-Zellerfeld () is a town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is located in the southwestern part of the Harz mountains. Its population is approximately 15,000. The town hosts the Clausthal University of Technology. The health resort is locat ...

* Zellerfeld * Lautenthal * Obernkirchen *

Sankt Andreasberg Sankt Andreasberg () is a former independent city in the Goslar (district), district of Goslar, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Since 1 November 2011, it has formed part of the town Braunlage. It is situated in the Harz, approximately west of Braunlage ...

* Wildemann

North Rhine-Westphalia

* Lüdenscheid

Saxony

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

Brand A brand is a name, term, design, symbol or any other feature that distinguishes one seller's goods or service from those of other sellers. Brands are used in business, marketing, and advertising for recognition and, importantly, to create and ...

* Ehrenfriedersdorf * Eibenstock * Elterlein * Ernstthal *

Freiberg Freiberg () is a university and former mining town in Saxony, Germany, with around 41,000 inhabitants. The city lies in the foreland of the Ore Mountains, in the Saxon urbanization axis, which runs along the northern edge of the Elster and ...

* Geyer * Glashütte (Saxony) * Hohenstein * Johanngeorgenstadt * Lengefeld * Lößnitz * Marienberg, Saxony * Neustädtel *

Oberwiesenthal Oberwiesenthal (; officially Kurort Oberwiesenthal) is a town and a ski resort in the district of Erzgebirgskreis in Saxony in Germany. It is situated in the Ore Mountains, on the border with the Czech Republic, 19 km south of Annaberg-Buchho ...

* Oederan * Scheibenberg * Schneeberg * Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb. * Thum * Voigtsberg * Wolkenstein * Zschopau *

Zwönitz Zwönitz (; Upper Sorbian language, Upper Sorbian: ''Zwonica'') is a town in the district Erzgebirgskreis, in Saxony, Germany. It is situated south of Stollberg, and southwest of Chemnitz. Parts of the town Zwönitz consists of: Populati ...

Saxony-Anhalt

* Eisleben * Sangerhausen

Thuringia

* Ilmenau * Ruhla * Suhl * Sondershausen

Hong Kong

* Ma On Shan Village

Indonesia

* Central Papua Province ** Tembagapura

Nigeria

* Enugu * Jos

Norway

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud 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 production and fo ...

(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 Velenje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 272.) is the List of cities and towns in Slovenia, sixth-largest city of Slovenia, and t ...

Trbovlje Trbovlje (; ''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 4: ''Štajersko''. 1904. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 58.) is Slovenia's eleventh-largest town, located in the traditional province of Styria ...

South Korea

* Gangwon Province ** Jeongseon County ** Taebaek City ** Samcheok City ** Yeongwol County *

North Gyeongsang Province North Gyeongsang Province (, ) is a province in eastern South Korea, and with an area of , it is the largest province in the Korean peninsula. The province was formed in 1896 from the northern half of the former Gyeongsang province, and remaine ...

** Sangju City ** Mungyeong City ** Uljin County ** Yeongju City ** Bonghwa County

United States

Alaska

* Juneau * Skagway

Arizona

* Bisbee * Cerro Colorado *

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* Contention City *

Jerome Jerome (; ; ; – 30 September 420), also known as Jerome of Stridon, was an early Christian presbyter, priest, Confessor of the Faith, confessor, theologian, translator, and historian; he is commonly known as Saint Jerome. He is best known ...

* Klondyke *

Ruby Ruby is a pinkish-red-to-blood-red-colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sapph ...

Tombstone A gravestone or tombstone is a marker, usually stone, that is placed over a grave. A marker set at the head of the grave may be called a headstone. An especially old or elaborate stone slab may be called a funeral stele, stela, or slab. The us ...

* Tumacacori

California

* Calico, San Bernardino Co. * Columbia

Colorado

* Central City * Cripple Creek *

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

* Idaho Springs * Leadville * Tercio * Victor

Idaho

* Custer * Idaho City

Iowa

Buxton Buxton is a spa town in the High Peak, Derbyshire, Borough of High Peak, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands region of England. It is England's highest market town, sited at some above sea level.Alston, Cumbria also claims this, but lacks a regu ...

* Centerville * Coalville *

Confidence Confidence is the feeling of belief or trust that a person or thing is reliable. * * * Self-confidence is trust in oneself. Self-confidence involves a positive belief that one can generally accomplish what one wishes to do in the future. Sel ...

* Lucas * Everist * Muchakinock * Mystic * Numa * Seymour * What Cheer

Michigan

* Bessemer * Calumet * Houghton * Ironwood * Ishpeming * Negaunee *

Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...

* White Pine

Minnesota

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* Babbitt * Biwabik * Bovey * Buhl * Calumet * Chisholm *

Coleraine Coleraine ( ; from , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and Civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, No ...

* Crosby * Cuyuna * Ely * Eveleth * Gilbert * Hibbing * Hoyt Lakes * Ironton * Keewatin * Kinney *

Marble Marble is a metamorphic rock consisting of carbonate minerals (most commonly calcite (CaCO3) or Dolomite (mineral), dolomite (CaMg(CO3)2) that have recrystallized under the influence of heat and pressure. It has a crystalline texture, and is ty ...

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

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Montana

* Bannack (ghost town) *

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* Colstrip * Virginia City

Utah

Dragon A dragon is a Magic (supernatural), magical legendary creature that appears in the folklore of multiple cultures worldwide. Beliefs about dragons vary considerably through regions, but European dragon, dragons in Western cultures since the Hi ...

* Eureka * Frisco * Park City * Silver Reef * Spring Canyon

Wisconsin

* Hurley

References

Citations

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