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)

Lower Austrio-Hungarian mining towns (Hungary)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Canada

Czechia

(Listed under names given when founded or working as a mining town)

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".
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