mining community
{{Short description|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.
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Historical mining communities
= Australia =
- Ballarat, Victoria
- Bendigo, Victoria
- Kalgoorlie, 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 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)
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- 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)
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=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 ==
- 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 =
= Indonesia =
= Nigeria =
= Norway =
= 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==
- Bannack (ghost town)
- Butte
- Colstrip
- Virginia City
==Nevada==
==New Mexico==
==South Dakota==
==Utah==
==Wisconsin==
See also
- Boomtown
- Coal town
- Man camp {{endash}} temporary housing for resource extraction
- Mission (station)
- Pit village
References
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Citations
{{Commons category|Mining towns}}
- {{Cite book|title=Ghost Towns of Arizona|first=James E|last=Sherman|author2=Barbara H. Sherman|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|year=1969|isbn=0-8061-0843-6|ref=AZ}} 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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