Mining community







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.




Contents






  • 1 History


    • 1.1 United States




  • 2 Historic mining communities


    • 2.1 Austria


    • 2.2 Bosnia and Herzegovina


    • 2.3 Canada


    • 2.4 Germany


    • 2.5 Nigeria


    • 2.6 Norway


    • 2.7 Poland


    • 2.8 Slovakia/Hungary


    • 2.9 Czech Republic


    • 2.10 United States




  • 3 See also


  • 4 References





History



United States


In the United States several different types of communities were established by Americans during the frontier period; mining towns, railroad towns, cow towns and farming towns were the primary settlements built. Throughout the continental United States and Alaska, valuable minerals were discovered and mining operations launched. The miners would usually settle a site and make home of tents and shacks,that miners built by hand.




Calico, in San Bernardino County, California, was a mining town founded in 1881.


Eventually mining buildings such as smelters or stamp mills would be constructed followed by cabins, stores and saloons. A community would naturally be born with the settling of women and children and existed as long as precious metal could be dug from the area.


Sometimes the geographical location of a mining community or the various American railroads would ensure a community's existence after all the valuable minerals were gone. Many American mining communities became ghost towns though others have become prominent cities. A settlement usually can only be considered a mining community if a mine exists directly at the settlement or within the immediate area and if the population relies on the mine economically. Smelter towns, built for smeltering ore extracted from mines, are considered a type of mining community.



Historic mining communities



Austria



  • Schwaz


  • Eisenerz, Styria



Bosnia and Herzegovina



  • Banovići

  • Kakanj

  • Tuzla

  • Zenica



Canada



  • Glace Bay, Nova Scotia


  • Dawson City, Yukon

  • Timmins, Ontario



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

  • Pegnitz (town)

  • Bodenmais

  • Lam

  • Fichtelberg (Upper Franconia)


Lower Saxony



  • Altenau

  • Bad Grund

  • Clausthal

  • Zellerfeld

  • Lautenthal

  • Obernkirchen

  • Sankt Andreasberg

  • Wildemann


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



  • Eisleben

  • Sangerhausen


Thuringia



  • Ilmenau

  • Ruhla

  • Suhl

  • Sondershausen



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)



Slovakia/Hungary


Upper Hungarian mining towns



  • Göllnitz, today Gelnica

  • Jossau, today Jasov

  • Nemecká Ľupča, today Partizánska Ľupča

  • Schmöllnitz, today Smolník

  • Rosenau, today Rožňava

  • Ruda, today Rudabánya in Ungarn

  • Telken, today Telkibánya in Ungarn

  • Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves


Lower Hungarian mining towns



  • Dilln, today Banská Belá

  • Königsberg, today Nová Baňa

  • Kremnitz, today Kremnica

  • Libethen, today Ľubietová

  • Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica

  • Pukanz, today Pukanec

  • Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica



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, 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, today Jihlava


  • St. Joachimsthal, today Jáchymov


  • Johannesthal, today Janov


  • St. Katharinaberg, today Hora Svaté Kateriny


  • Klostergrab, today Hrob


  • Kupferberg, today Měděnec


  • Kuttenberg, today Kutná Hora


  • Lauterbach (Kaiserwald) (town no longer exists)


  • Mies, today Stříbro


  • Neustadt a. d. Tafelfichte, today Nové Město pod Smrkem


  • Plan, 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, today Výsluní


  • Unterreichenstein, today Rejštejn


  • Wodnian, today Vodňany


  • Zuckmantel, today Zlaté Hory



United States



  • In Alaska

    • Juneau

    • Skagway



  • In Arizona

    • Bisbee

    • Cerro Colorado

    • Contention City

    • Jerome

    • Klondyke

    • Ruby

    • Tombstone

    • Tumacacori



  • In California

    • Calico, San Bernardino Co.

    • Columbia



  • In Colorado

    • Central City

    • Cripple Creek

    • Denver

    • Idaho Springs

    • Leadville

    • Victor



  • In Idaho

    • Custer

    • Idaho City



  • In Iowa

    • Buxton

    • Centerville

    • Coalville

    • Confidence

    • Lucas

    • Everist

    • Muchakinock

    • Mystic

    • Numa

    • Seymour

    • What Cheer



  • In Michigan

    • Bessemer

    • Calumet

    • Houghton

    • Ironwood

    • Ishpeming

    • Negaunee

    • Wakefield

    • White Pine



  • In Minnesota

    • Aurora

    • Babbitt

    • Biwabik

    • Buhl

    • Calumet

    • Chisholm

    • Coleraine

    • Crosby

    • Ely

    • Gilbert

    • Hibbing

    • Hoyt Lakes

    • Keewatin

    • Marble

    • Mountain Iron

    • Nashwauk

    • Soudan



  • In Montana

    • Butte

    • Virginia City



  • In Nevada

    • Goldfield

    • Jarbidge

    • Pioche

    • Tonopah

    • Virginia City



  • In New Mexico

    • Pinos Altos

    • Silver City



  • In South Dakota
    • Deadwood


  • In Utah

    • Dragon

    • Eureka

    • Frisco

    • Park City

    • Silver Reef

    • Spring Canyon



  • In Wisconsin
    • Hurley




See also



  • Boomtown

  • Coal town

  • Mission (station)

  • Pit village



References





  • Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em} 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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