Mining community

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Community that houses miners

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::summary Community that houses miners ::

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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

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 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

Canada

Czech Republic

(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

Pargas

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

Lüdenscheid

Saxony

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

Thuringia

Hong Kong

Ma On Shan Village

Indonesia

Nigeria

Enugu
Jos

Norway

Kongsberg (formerly)
Røros

Poland

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

Slovenia

South Korea

United States

Alaska

Arizona

California

Colorado

Idaho

Iowa

Michigan

Minnesota

Montana

Nevada

New Mexico

South Dakota

Deadwood

Utah

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".

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