List of show mines
This is a list of show mines that are in operation. The prerequisite for admission is not that there are permanent visitors, but the possibility of being able to inspect the mines on request with an expert guide. Show mines usually have a corresponding operating license and are listed in official lists from mining authorities .
Argentina
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Minas de Wanda | Misiones | Wanda | Gemstone mine, especially amethyst | location |
Australia
Belgium
Surname | region | local community | comment | location | image |
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Slate gallery right | Wallonia | Law | Slate mine, extraction of the right bluestone | location | |
Blegny mine | Wallonia | Blegny | Hard coal mine in the Aachen-Liège mining district, UNESCO World Heritage Site | location | |
Betrix mine , "Au Coeur de l'Ardoise" | Wallonia | Bertrix , at Neufchâteau | Slate mine | location | |
Les minières de silex neolithique de Spiennes à Mons | Wallonia | Mons- Spiennes | Prehistoric flint mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site | location | |
Carriere souterraine de Geromont | Wallonia | Comblain-au-Pont | underground limestone quarry near the stalactite cave Grotte de l'Abîme | location | |
Grottes de Folx-les-Caves | Wallonia | Orp slurry | underground limestone quarry | location | |
Ardoisalle | Wallonia | All / Semois | slate | location | |
Carrières souterraines de la Malogne | Wallonia | Cuesmes | Phosphate in limestone | location |
Bolivia
Surname | Department | local community | comment | location | image |
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Mines in Cerro Rico | Potosí Department | Potosí | Silver and zinc, the largest silver mine in the world for centuries, is still an active mine that can be visited. | location | |
Mina San José | Oruro Department | Oruro | Silver, tin and other minerals, a small active mine that can be visited. | location |
Brazil
Surname | State | local community | comment | location | image |
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Mine of the Chico Rei or Encardideira | Minas Gerais | Ouro Preto | Big gold mine. Interesting history | location | |
Minas da Passem | Minas Gerais | Mariana | Big gold mine. Over 30 km of mine workings, underground natural lake. According to the company, it is the largest gold mine in the world. | location | |
Mina Fonte Meu Bem Querer | Minas Gerais | Ouro Preto | Gold mine, probably once owned by Felipe dos Santos. | location | |
Mina Velha | Minas Gerais | Ouro Preto | Gold mine. Posted in 1704, one of the oldest in the city. Lots of mine workings under the city. | location |
Republic of China to Taiwan
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Benshan Fifth Tunnel, Chinkuashih Gold Ecological Park | Jinguashi | Ruifang | Ecopark with gold mine, Benshan Fifth Tunnel visitor mine. Also called Chinkuashih Gold Ecological Park. | location | |
Monkey Ecological Park | Jinguashi | Ruifang | Ecopark with three coal processing plants and several mines | location |
Denmark
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Thingbæk Kalkminer, Bundgaards Museum | North Jutland | Skørping | Former lime mine, is used for the maturation of Danish cave cheese. | location | |
Daugbjerg Kalkgruber | Central Jutland | Stoholm | Former lime mine, is used for the maturation of Danish cave cheese as well as sausage and wine. Jens Langmesser's cave can be visited. | location | |
Mønsted Kalkgruber | Central Jutland | Stoholm | Former lime mine, is used for the maturation of Danish cave cheese. Largest lime mine in the world. | location |
Germany
Surname | state | local community | comment | location | image |
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Visitor mine Grube Christiane | Hesse | Adorf (Diemelsee) | Iron, visitor mine, museum of geology and mining material | location | |
Tiefer Stollen visitor mine | Baden-Württemberg |
Aalen , OT Wasseralfingen |
Iron, mine train, asthma therapy, nature trail | location | |
Bad Friedrichshall salt mine | Baden-Württemberg |
Bad Friedrichshall , OT Kochendorf |
Rock salt; Operation: 1899–1994, Südwestdeutsche Salzwerke AG's visitor mine since 1960 | location | |
Pit Heavenly Army | Baden-Württemberg |
Dornstetten , OT Hallwangen |
historical silver mine | location | |
Schauinsland mine | Baden-Württemberg | Freiburg in Breisgau | Lead, zinc, duct mining | location | |
Freudenstadt visitor mine | Baden-Württemberg | Freudenstadt | Silver mining between 1267 and 1730, also Friedrich's treasure trove | location | |
Silver mine gift of God | Baden-Württemberg | Großerlach | 30 m long exploratory tunnel on silver from the 18th century | location | |
Visitor mine Blessing of God | Baden-Württemberg | Haslach | silver | location | |
Teufelsgrund visitor mine | Baden-Württemberg | Münstertal / Black Forest | Fluorspar | location | |
Hella luck pit | Baden-Württemberg | Neubulach | Copper, silver, bismuth | location | |
Visitor mine Grube Frischglück | Baden-Württemberg | Neuenbürg | iron | location | |
Niedereschach visitor gallery | Baden-Württemberg | Niedereschach | Copper and lead; 16th Century; two tunnels (Karl and Otto) | Location location | |
Wenceslas Pit | Baden-Württemberg | Oberwolfach | silver | location | |
Anna-Elisabeth pit | Baden-Württemberg | Schriesheim | Silver, vitriol | location | |
Silbergründle visitor mine | Baden-Württemberg | Seebach | Lead, zinc | location | |
Pit Caroline | Baden-Württemberg | Sexau | Lead, zinc | location | |
Whetstone tunnels | Baden-Württemberg | Spiegelberg | Sandstone | location | |
Show mine of hope tunnels | Baden-Württemberg | Dead moss | Magnetic gravel and nickel ore | location | |
Suggental silver mine | Baden-Württemberg | Waldkirch | silver | location | |
Marie mine in the Kohlbach | Baden-Württemberg |
Weinheim , OT Hohensachsen |
Lead, silver | location | |
Finstergrund visitor mine | Baden-Württemberg | Wieden | Fluorspar | location | |
Gemstone mine Silberschacht | Bavaria | Bach on the Danube | Gemstone , silver | location | |
Copper Mountain Mining Museum | Bavaria | Copper mountain | copper | location | |
Salt mine Alte Saline | Bavaria | Bad Reichenhall | salt | location | |
Visitor mine on Stephansberg | Bavaria | Bamberg | House sand ; 12 km of tunnels and routes, 2 km of which are passable | location | |
Berchtesgaden salt mine | Bavaria | Berchtesgaden | Rock salt | location | |
Silberberg show mine | Bavaria | Ground corn | Pyrite , vitriol , engine room | location | |
Ore mine on the Grünten | Bavaria | Burgberg in the Allgäu | iron | location | |
Gleißinger Fels visitor mine | Bavaria |
Fichtelberg , OT new building |
Silver iron (iron mica), granite | location | |
Visitor gallery Schmutzlerzeche | Bavaria | Goldkronach | Gold, 35m drivable tunnel | location | |
Visitor Mine Middle Name of God | Bavaria | Goldkronach | gold | location | |
Kropfmühl mine | Bavaria | Hauzenberg | graphite | location | |
Fürstenzeche | Bavaria | Lam | silver | location | |
Friedrich Wilhelm Stollen | Bavaria | Lichtenberg | Iron , copper , fluorspar | location | |
Mining Museum Peissenberg | Bavaria | Peissenberg | Pitch coal , deep tunnels | location | |
Wilhelmine pit | Bavaria | Summer bald | copper | location | |
Reichhardt-Schacht visitor mine | Bavaria | Stulln | Fluorite (fluorspar) | location | |
Werra tin ore mine | Bavaria | Weißenstadt | Uranium, tin | location | |
Pit God's blessing | Hesse |
Alheim , OT Oberellenbach |
Barite | location | |
Bertsch mine | Hesse |
Bad Wildungen , OT Berg Freiheit |
copper | location | |
Burgbergstollen visitor mine | Hesse | Battenberg (Eder) | iron | location | |
Lignite mining museum | Hesse | Bark | Visitor galleries and other facilities | location | |
Christiane pit | Hesse |
Diemelsee , OT Adorf |
iron | location | |
Ypsilanta mine | Hesse |
Dillenburg , OT Oberscheld |
iron | location | |
Gold mining Eisenberg | Hesse |
Korbach , OT Goldhausen |
Gold, Georgschacht, nature trail | location | |
Gustav pit | Hesse |
Meißner , OT Abterode |
Barium, copper, barite. Closed in 1967, since 1986 visitor mine. | location | |
Fortuna pit | Hesse |
Solms , OT Oberbiel |
Iron (brown stone, red iron stone and magnetite); last iron ore mine in Hesse, closed in 1983; since 1987 visitor mine with shaft experience and mine railway on the 150m level; as well as the Fortuna field and mine railway museum | location | |
Ludwig pit | Hesse | Wald-Michelbach | Manganese ore mining from 1889 to 1918 | location | |
Ludwig pit | Hesse | Wetzlar | also Hausertorstollen ; Iron; Assumption November 13, 1842, from 1944 U relocation | location | |
Christine slate quarry | Hesse | Willingen (Upland) | slate | location | |
Knesebeck shaft | Lower Saxony | Bad Grund (Harz) | Pit help of God, lead, zinc, silver, mine extraction | location | |
Scholmzeche | Lower Saxony | Bad Lauterberg in the Harz Mountains | Lead, zinc, iron | location | |
Barsinghausen monastery tunnel | Lower Saxony | Barsinghausen | former coal mine | location | |
Dorothea's pit | Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | Silver , galena ; Contact: Upper Harz Mining Museum | location | |
Rosenhof pit | Lower Saxony | Clausthal-Zellerfeld | underground bike rooms , world heritage, contact: Upper Harz Mining Museum | location | |
Rammelsberg visitor mine | Lower Saxony | Goslar | World Heritage | location | |
Feggendorfer tunnel | Lower Saxony | Lauenau | Hard coal | location | |
Lautenthals Glück mine for visitors | Lower Saxony |
Langelsheim , OT Lautenthal |
Galena , zinc blende ; underground navigable waterway, almost 100 m long navigable | location | |
Museum of industrial culture | Lower Saxony | Osnabrück | Hard coal; Driving over Haseschacht, with 300 m underground, historical route | location | |
Hüttenstollen Osterwald | Lower Saxony |
Salzhemmendorf , OT Osterwald |
Hard coal | location | |
Catharina Neufang pit | Lower Saxony | Sankt Andreasberg | Lead, silver, mining expansions; Access via Samson Pit | location | |
Red Bear mine training mine | Lower Saxony | Sankt Andreasberg | former iron ore mine; Great importance is attached to the best possible preservation of the original condition; also serves to produce drinking water | location | |
Samson Pit Visitor Mine | Lower Saxony | Sankt Andreasberg | last functional driving art in the world, world cultural heritage | location | |
Wennsglück pit | Lower Saxony | Sankt Andreasberg | Silver, copper pyrites, cobalt; Operation as part of the training mine Red Bear mine | location | |
19-Lachter-Stollen | Lower Saxony | Wild man | Lead, zinc, hydropower | location | |
Raumland slate mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Bad Berleburg , OT Raumland |
Slate mine | location | |
Ramsbeck ore mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Bestwig , OT Ramsbeck |
former lead and zinc mine; Underground area and mine train | location | |
Graf Wittekind visitor mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Dortmund , OT Syburg |
Bituminous coal, approx. 500 m of the route network can be used, pits of the "Schleifmühle" and "Graf Wittekind" tunnels, partly from around 1740 | location | |
Pit welfare | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Hellenthal , OT Rescheid |
Lead, zinc, miner's art | location | |
Stahlberger Erbstollen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Hilchenbach , OT Müsen |
iron | location | |
Altenberg mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Kreuztal , OT Littfeld |
Iron , lead , zinc ; Altenbergstollen | location | |
Kilianstollen visitor mine | North Rhine-Westphalia | Marsberg | Copper , colored secondary minerals | location | |
Wodanstolln visitor mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Neunkirchen , OT Salchendorf |
iron | location | |
Visitor mine Grube Günnersdorf | North Rhine-Westphalia | Mechernich | Lead, zinc | location | |
Philippstollen visitor mine | North Rhine-Westphalia | Olsberg | iron | location | |
Lead ore mine Neu-Glück | North Rhine-Westphalia | Plettenberg | Lead ore | location | |
Kleinenbremen visitor mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Porta Westfalica , OT Kleinenbremen |
former iron ore mine | location | |
Reinhold Forster Erbstollen | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Siegen , OT Eiserfeld |
Iron; Tunnel portal | location | |
Silberhardt mine | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Windeck , OT Öttershagen |
Silver, lead, iron, copper, zinc | location | |
Nightingale colliery | North Rhine-Westphalia |
Witten , OT Bommern |
Hard coal | location | |
Research and visitor mine Stock & Scherenberger Erbstollen | North Rhine-Westphalia | Sprockhövel | Hard coal, iron stone, beginning in the middle of the 18th century | location | |
Wilhelm pit | Rhineland-Palatinate | Antweiler | copper | location | |
Schmittenstollen visitor mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bad Munster am Stein-Ebernburg | mercury | location | |
Mühlenberger Stollen show mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Lead alf | lead | location | |
Herrenberg visitor mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Bundenbach | slate | location | |
Alvensleben tunnel | Rhineland-Palatinate | Burglahr | Dissolution tunnel of the Louise pit ; 400 m of 1546 m accessible | location | |
Fell visitor mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | hide | historic roof slate mine | location | |
Fischbach copper mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Fischbach | Copper, historical ore processing and smelting, large expansions, secondary minerals | location | |
Steinkaulenberg gem mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Idar-Oberstein | Gemstones | location | |
Mary's Pit | Rhineland-Palatinate | Imsbach | Iron; Educational trail | location | |
White pit | Rhineland-Palatinate | Imsbach | Copper, cobalt, red iron, silver, iron; Educational trail | location | |
Meurin Roman Mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Kretz | 2000 year old tuff mine | location | |
Bendisberg mine for visitors | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Langenfeld , OT St. Jost |
Lead and zinc ore | location | |
Assberg roof slate mine | Rhineland-Palatinate | Limbach | Roofing slate mining since 1548; freely accessible | location | |
Iron ore mine gemstone | Rhineland-Palatinate | Luckenbach | iron | location | |
Lava cellar (Mendig) | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Mendig , OT Niedermendig |
Underground trachyte quarries and Lava Dome volcano museum | location | |
Cleaning holes | Rhineland-Palatinate |
Newel , OT Butzweiler |
Copper, Roman mining | location | |
St. Anna's gallery | Rhineland-Palatinate | Nothweiler | iron | location | |
Bindweide pit | Rhineland-Palatinate | Steinebach / victory | iron | location | |
George pit | Rhineland-Palatinate | Willroth | preserved headframe of iron ore mining | location | |
Lime mine on Koenigsberg | Rhineland-Palatinate | Wolfstein | location | ||
Show mine in the Saarland Mining Museum | Saarland | Bexbach | underground mining exhibition facility in the museum | location | |
Düppenweiler copper mine | Saarland | Beckingen | copper | location | |
Schlossberg caves | Saarland | Homburg | largest red sandstone caves in Europe | location | |
Walhausen copper mine | Saarland |
Nohfelden , OT Saar |
Copper , lead | location | |
Velsen adventure mine | Saarland | Saarbrücken | Hard coal | location | |
Rischbachstollen visitor mine | Saarland | St. Ingbert | Hard coal | location | |
Emilianus tunnel | Saarland |
Wallerfangen , OT St. Barbara |
Copper, azurite , malachite ; Roman mine from the 2nd / 3rd century Century AD | location | |
Neubeschert-Glück-Stollen | Saxony | Altenberg | In addition to the historical ore wash, the Neubeschert-Glück-Stollen can be visited in the Altenberg mining museum, an exploratory tunnel on tin from the 19th century on the edge of the Altenberg Pinge . | location | |
Visitor mine Unites Zwitterfeld to Zinnwald | Saxony |
Altenberg , OT Zinnwald |
historic tin mine; Driving on the Tiefen-Bünau-Stolln | location | |
In the Gößner | Saxony | Annaberg-Buchholz | Silver mine from around 1500 in the Erzgebirgsmuseum | location | |
Dorothea-Stolln adventure mine | Saxony |
Annaberg-Buchholz , OT Cunersdorf |
former mining of silver, cobalt, copper and nickel ores as well as uranium pitchblende ; The tour of the Heavenly Heer section includes a 1.5-hour boat trip | location | |
Markus-Röhling-Stolln visitor mine | Saxony |
Annaberg-Buchholz , OT Frohnau |
Depiction of silver and cobalt mining from 1500 to 1857, underground, functional 9m waterwheel (replica) | location | |
Visitor mine Fundgrube St. Briccius | Saxony |
Annaberg-Buchholz , OT Geyersdorf |
Depiction of the mining of silver-bearing copper ores in the rocks of the Annaberg gneiss dome on the eastern slope of the Pöhlberg | location | |
Vestenburger or errant Stolln | Saxony | Aue | tin | location | |
Visitor mine Reichenbach-Stolln (Kuttenzeche or Kuttenbergwerk Lößnitz) | Saxony | Loessnitz | Mining between 1500 and 1927 for silver, galena and arsenic gravel | location | |
Marie-Louise-Stolln visitor mine | Saxony |
Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel , OT Berggießhübel |
Magnetic iron ore, copper ores; Health entrances to the resting gallery | location | |
Bad Schlema visitor mine (teaching tunnel at Silberbach) | Saxony | Bad Schlema | Drive through the bottom of the Marx-Semler-Stolln via the refurbished shaft 15 IIb in the former Wismut mine field, object 02 ; Representation of the silver and uranium mining in the Schlemaer Revier | location | |
Bartholomäusschacht exhibition facility | Saxony |
Brand-Erbisdorf , OT Erbisdorf |
important silver mine of the southern Freiberg mountain area , shaft to be driven down to a depth of 25 m | location | |
Visitor mine St. Christoph | Saxony | Breitenbrunn | former mining of magnetic iron ore, tin stone and sulphides | location | |
Visitor gallery Oberer Rother Adler | Saxony |
Breitenbrunn , OT Rittersgrün |
important mine on Roteisenstein from the 19th century | location | |
Fuchsloch visitor tunnel, also known as the Fuchs tunnel | Saxony |
Breitenbrunn , OT Rittersgrün |
medieval, beaten tunnel | location | |
Visitor mine Felsendome Rabenstein | Saxony | Chemnitz | former part of the Rabensteiner marble complex ; 700-meter walk to the cathedral hall and marble hall ; green grotto with mountain lake is the entrance to cave diving | location | |
Fortuna-Stolln visitor mine | Saxony |
Deutschneudorf , OT Deutschkatharinenberg |
known for the covert transports at the end of the Second World War and the massive backfilling that followed; historical copper and silver mine; Documentation about the lost Amber Room ; working piston steam engine (1922) | location | |
Visitor mine union Aurora Erbstolln | Saxony | Village grove | Reel shaft system, roof and ridge structures; former mining of lead and copper ore containing silver, barite and fluorite | location | |
Ehrenfriedersdorf tin mine | Saxony | Ehrenfriedersdorf | Visitor mine and mineralogical museum, gemstone cutting, presentation of the 750-year history of tin and silver mining, underground functional 4m waterwheel with pump (replica) | location | |
Freiberg Reiche Zeche visitor mine | Saxony | Freiberg | Silver, later lead, zinc; Open-air exhibition in the Alte Elisabeth mine , underground tours in the neighboring Reichen Zeche ; Teaching and research mine | location | |
Hercules fresh luck show mine | Saxony |
Grünhain-Beierfeld , OT Waschleithe |
oldest show mine in Saxony; Depiction of the mining of iron ore, copper, sulfur and arsenic gravel, zinc blende, galena, silver and marble; small and large marble hall , underground lake | location | |
St. Lampertus-Schacht visitor mine | Saxony |
Hohenstein-Ernstthal , OT Ernstthal |
arsenic gravel containing gold and silver ; Formerly Saxony's most productive gold mine, extensive facilities, 14 trips | location | |
Educational and show mine Frisch Glück "Glöckl" | Saxony | Johanngeorgenstadt | Depiction of silver, bismuth and uranium mining | location | |
Andreas-Gegentrum-Stolln visitor mine | Saxony |
Jöhstadt , OT Steinbach |
Illustration of silver and cobalt mining; Winter quarters for various bat species | location | |
Visitor mine tunnel system "Am Graben" | Saxony | Kirchberg | Iron, extensive tunnel system | location | |
Old Miltitz lime mine | Saxony |
Klipphausen , OT Miltitz |
Former limestone and marble quarries; includes driving on the Adolf-von-Heynitz-Stolln; served from 1944 to spring 1945 as a relocation facility for a gasoline factory, where concentration camp prisoners had to work under inhumane conditions, 17 of whom were killed. | location | |
Engländerstolln club mine | Saxony |
Langenweißbach , OT Weißbach |
Search tunnel on Wolframite, excavated by British prisoners of war in 1944, with cut and partly drivable old mine (on silver) of the medieval Martin-Römer-Grube (s), connected mining trail in the area of the desert mining area Hohenforst / Fürstenberg | location | |
Technical Museum Kalkwerk Lengefeld | Saxony | Lengefeld | Former mining of dolomite marble; the excursion of the Knappschaft includes a tour around the old opencast mine and the entrance to the water drainage tunnel. | location | |
Wismutstolln visitor mine and old silver mine Aid of the Lord at the Erzberg in Biensdorf | Saxony |
Lichtenau , OT Merzdorf |
medieval silver ore mining, 1950 SAG Wismut exploration object for uranium ores | location | |
Trau visitor mine on Gott-Erbstolln | Saxony | Lichtenberg | Erbstolln for silver mining, numerous markers' marks | location | |
Visitor mine St. Anna Treasure trove | Saxony |
Limbach-Oberfrohna , OT Herrnsdorf (to Wolkenburg-Kaufungen ) |
Medieval copper, lead and silver ore mining in the Wolkenburg district | location | |
Visitor mine Blessing God's Erbstolln | Saxony |
Limbach-Oberfrohna , OT Uhlsdorf (to Wolkenburg-Kaufungen ) |
Medieval copper, lead and silver ore mining in the Wolkenburger Revier , since 2000 only accessible on request from the St. Anna Fundgrube Association | location | |
"Gläserstolln" visitor mine | Saxony | Marienberg , in the Hüttengrund | with Weißtaubner Stolln | ||
Rudolph Shaft | Saxony |
Marienberg , OT Lauta |
The shaft at the Pferdegöpel can be driven to a depth of 20 m | location | |
Show mine (Tiefer) Molchner Stolln | Saxony |
Marienberg , OT Pobershau |
historical tin and silver mine | location | |
Tannenberg mine for visitors | Saxony |
Muldenhammer , OT Tannenbergsthal |
historic tin mine | location | |
Mining Museum Oelsnitz / Erzgebirge (Karl-Liebknecht-Schacht) | Saxony | Oelsnitz | selected site in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites of the Ore Mountains Mining Region ; Former daytime facilities of the VEB Steinkohlenwerk Karl Liebknecht or later VEB Steinkohlenwerk Oelsnitz / Erzgeb. where Adolf Hennecke drove his high-performance shift in the Karl-Liebknecht-Schacht in 1948 ; 400-meter-long stretches with hoisting machines and dismantling equipment, the largest still functioning twin steam hoisting machine in Saxony | location | |
Visitor Mine Grace of God Hereditary Tunnels | Saxony | Olbernhau | historical non-ferrous metal mining for the Saigerhütte Grünthal | location | |
Alum Mine Eternal Life | Saxony | Plauen | Alum slate mining between 1542 and 1846 | location | |
Visitor mine Alaunwerk Mühlwand | Saxony |
Limbach in Vogtland , OT Mühlwand |
Alum slate mining between 1691 and 1827, colorful tunnels with stalactites and sintered formations | location | |
Old Hope Erbstolln visitor mine | Saxony |
Rossau , OT Schönborn-Drei Werden |
Historic lead, copper and silver mine; Entry by boat | location | |
Grüner Zweig visitor mine and the grace of God gallery | Saxony | Schlettau | Silver mining around 1500, with art wheel room and art shafts | location | |
Visitor mine Fundgrube Weißer Hirsch | Saxony | Schneeberg , OT Neustädtl | Depiction of silver, cobalt, bismuth and nickel mining in the art and drift shaft of the Weisser Hirsch mine, shaft 3 of the SDAG Wismut in the former Wismut mine, object 03 ; Documentation of uranium mining in the Schneeberger Revier, the pit's impact gas can be viewed up to the turbine shaft | location | |
Treasure trove of Wolfgang Maßen | Saxony | Schneeberg , OT Wolfgangmaßen | Silver , cobalt ; The underground Pochradstube of the above-ground Pochwerkhaus can be visited on special dates | location | |
Treasure trove and Morgenstern heritage gallery (Luchsbachtal Pöhla visitor mine) | Saxony |
Schwarzenberg , OT Pöhla |
Tin , iron , silver , tungsten ; medieval mining from the 15th century, fluorescent tungsten ore | location | |
Visitor mine Zinnkammern Pöhla-Tellerhäuser | Saxony |
Schwarzenberg , OT Pöhla |
Tin and uranium pits; 3000 meters inspection to the "Hämmerlein" deposit, representation of the bismuth mining (drilling work, loading work, drilling and ignition scheme in horizontal heading, ridge construction with inspection of the mining block, route expansion) | location | |
Blessing God's Erbstolln Seiffen | Saxony | Seiffen | The operator is the municipality of Kurort Seiffen / mayor's office | ||
Visitor mine Blessing God's Erbstollen | Saxony |
Striegistal , OT Gersdorf |
one of the oldest silver mines in Saxony. Two original water column machines are part of the two-hour tour. | location | |
Will of God stud | Saxony | Thalheim | Arsenic gravel | location | |
"Am Steghaus" visitor mine | Saxony | Zschopau | Side pit of the "Holy Trinity treasure trove", which mined silver-bearing galena | location | |
Visitor mine St. Anna am Freudenstein | Saxony | Zschorlau | historical silver mine; Driving on the Upper and Lower Troster Adit | location | |
Strassberg mining museum with Glasebach pit | Saxony-Anhalt |
Harzgerode , OT Straßberg |
Fluorspar | location | |
Büchenberg show mine | Saxony-Anhalt |
Oberharz am Brocken , OT City of Elbingerode (Harz) |
iron | location | |
Visitor mine Drei Kronen & Ehrt | Saxony-Anhalt |
Oberharz am Brocken , OT City of Elbingerode (Harz) |
former pit pyrite unit; Visitor mine closed from November 1st, 2015 | location | |
Röhrigschacht show mine | Saxony-Anhalt |
Sangerhausen , OT Wettelrode |
former copper slate mine | location | |
Show mine "Am Aschenberg" | Thuringia | Bad Liebenstein | Mining technology in an old beer cellar | location | |
Visitor mine "Hühn" | Thuringia |
Brotterode-Trusetal , OT Trusetal |
former heavy and fluorspar mine | location | |
Marienglashöhle | Thuringia | Friedrichroda | Gypsum mining ( Marienglas ), copper slate | location | |
Rabensteiner Stollen visitor mine | Thuringia |
Harz gate , OT Ilfeld |
Hard coal mine in the Harz Mountains | location | |
Lange Wand visitor mine | Thuringia | Harztor, OT Niedersachswerfen |
Copper slate | location | |
Volle Rose show mine | Thuringia | Ilmenau | Fluorspar and barite | location | |
United Reviere visitor mine | Thuringia | Kamsdorf | Iron , silver , copper | location | |
Merkers Adventure Mine | Thuringia |
Krayenberg community , OT Merkers |
Salt mine ; Hideout of Nazi gold during World War II | location | |
Fairy grottoes | Thuringia | Saalfeld | Alum slate | location | |
Mellestollen visitor mine | Thuringia | Verbandsgemeinde Saalfelder Höhe , OT. Wittmannsgereuth | Iron ore; Viewing appointments are to be arranged through the Waldhotel Mellestollen | location | |
Finstertal visitor mine | Thuringia |
Schmalkalden , OT Asbach |
former iron and brownstone mine | location | |
Morassina show mine | Thuringia | Blacksmith field | Alum mining , secondary minerals | location | |
Glückauf adventure mine | Thuringia | Sondershausen | Potash mine | location | |
Schwarzer Crux visitor mine | Thuringia |
Suhl , OT Vesser |
Iron ore mining ( magnetite ) | location | |
Fairy tale and sandstone cave | Thuringia | Walldorf | Sand mine | location |
Finland
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Lampivaara Amtyst Mine | Lapland | Lampivaara | amethyst | location | |
Tytyri Mine Museum (Tytyri gruvmuseum) | Southern Finland | Lohja | 80 m underground in the tunnel of a lime mine | location |
France
Surname | region | Department | local community | comment | location | image |
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Caverne du dragon | Hauts-de-France | Aisne department | Oulches-la-Vallée-Foulon | Limestone - underground lime mining since the Middle Ages | location | |
Catacombs of Paris | Île-de-France | Paris | Limestone, gypsum and clay. Since the late 18th century, parts of the former mine have been used as an ossuary for 6,000,000 dead. | location | ||
Mine de Blanzy | Bourgogne-Franche-Comté | Saône-et-Loire | Blanzy | Coal; Cable ride, mine train ride | location | |
Gift of god | Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | silver | location | |
Saint Louis iron door | Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | silver | location | |
St. Barthélemy silver mine | Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | silver | location | |
Saint Jean Engelsbourg | Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines | Silver ; also Parc Tellure | location | |
St. Nicolas mine | Grand Est | Haut-Rhin | Steinbach | Lead, silver, iron, copper | location | |
Mine temoin | Occitania | Gard | Alès | Coal, mine railway; in the Cevennes | location | |
Pioch Farrus Mine | Occitania | Gard | Cabrières | Copper; oldest mine in France | location | |
Mine de vielle-aure | Occitania | Hautes-Pyrénées | Vielle aure | manganese | location | |
Mine du Val de Fer | Grand Est | Meurthe-et-Moselle | Neuves-Maisons | iron | location | |
Mines de Fer de Neufchef | Grand Est | Moselle | New boss | iron | location | |
St. Joseph | Grand Est | Vosges | La Croix-aux-Mines | Silver; Middle Ages; also Mine d'argent de la Croix aux Mines | location | |
La Mine, grandeur nature | Grand Est | Moselle | Petite Rosselle | Coal, the largest visitor mine in France | location | |
Minier Lewarde | Hauts-de-France | North | Lewarde | coal | location | |
Mine Bleue | Pays de la Loire | Maine-et-Loire | Noyant-la-Gravoyère | slate | location | |
Mine Couriot | Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | Loire | Saint-Etienne | coal | location | |
Mine de Cap Garonne | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Var | Le Pradet | copper | location | |
Terra Vinea, Les caves Rochere | Occitania | Aude department | Rochere | Former gypsum mine with large halls, can be visited and used as a wine cellar and event location | location | |
Carrières de Lumières | Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur | Bouches-du-Rhône department | Les Baux-de-Provence | Former underground lime mine used for art installations. | location |
Greece
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Vagonetto , Fokis Mining Park | Fokis | Amfissa | bauxite | location |
Indonesia
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Lubang Mbah Suro , (Tunnel of Mbah Suro) | Padang , Sumatra | Sawahlunto | Coal mining museum in a former coal mine | location |
Ireland
Surname | local community | county | comment | location | image |
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Glengowla Mines | Oughterard | Galway | Silver and lead, Ireland's first visitor mine | location | |
Arigna Mining Experience | Arigna | Roscommon | Coal mine with extremely thin seams | location |
Italy
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image | |
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Villandro mine | South-Tirol | Villandro | Among other things, silver mined. The oldest documented mine in the Alpine region. | location | ||
Prettau show mine | South-Tirol | Prettau in the Ahrntal | Copper mining | location | ||
Mining World Ridnaun-Schneeberg | South-Tirol | Ridanna municipality of Ratschings | Formerly the highest mine in Europe, other side of the Passeier-Schneeberg mining complex | location | ||
Mining World Passeier-Schneeberg | South-Tirol | Moos in Passeier | Formerly the highest mine in Europe, the other side of the Ridnaun-Schneeberg mining complex | location | ||
Mine in Valrompia | Brescia Province | Montana di Valle Trompia | Iron ore, access via an easy via ferrata, next to it a mining museum and blast furnace. | location | ||
Miniera Marzoli di Pezzaze | Brescia Province | Stravignino | Ore mining, mine railway | location | ||
Miniera Schilpario - Parco Minerario Ing.Andrea Bonicelli | Bergamo Province | Schilpario | Various ores, especially fluorspar and barite; the visitor mine is operated by the Ski Mine cooperative. | location | ||
Miniera di Gambatesa | Genoa Province | val Graveglia | Braunit, formerly an active mine with guided tours for visitors. The mine was closed on August 2, 2012, and the guided tours for visitors probably ended with that. | location | ||
Galleria Ravaccione | Massa Carrara | Carrara | underground quarry, marble mining | location | ||
Parco Archeominerario di San Silvestro | Livorno | Campiglia Marittima | Former lead and copper mine with visitor mine, mining museum, mining historical park with winding tower, tunnels and heaps, current use as a limestone quarry | location |
Japan
Surname | prefecture | local community | comment | location | image |
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Sado gold mine | Niigata prefecture | Sado Island | gold and silver | location | |
Iwami Ginzan | Shimane Prefecture | Ōda | Silver mine, listed as Iwami Ginzan Silver Mine and its Cultural Landscape UNESCO World Heritage Site | location | |
Yubari-si Sekitan-no-Rekisimura (Yubari Coal Mine) | Hokkaido prefecture | Yubari | Coal mine, with the surrounding Montanpark one of the largest museums in Japan, now probably in private ownership due to the bankruptcy of the city of Yubari (?) | location |
Canada
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Atlas Coal Mine | Alberta | Drumheller | coal | location | |
Bellevue Underground Mine | Alberta | Crowsnest Pass | coal | location | |
Bell Island's Mine Museum and Underground Tour | Newfoundland and Labrador | Wabana on Bell Island | Iron ore - sub-sea and sub-sea-level routes, | location | |
Simpson mine | Ontario | Bruce Mines | copper | location | |
Cobalt Mining Museum and Tour | Ontario | Cobalt | silver | location | |
Mine Cristal | Quebec | Bonsecours | Rock crystal | location | |
Mines Capelton | Quebec | Capelton | copper | location | |
Thetford Mines | Quebec | Thetford Mines | Chrysotile | location |
Colombia
Surname | region | local community | comment | location | image |
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Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá | Cundinamarca | Zipaquira | salt | location |
Croatia
Surname | region | mountain | comment | location | image |
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Medvednica | Medvednica mountain near the Graik hut | Medieval mining for lead and zinc (coordinates point to the mountain top). | location |
Luxembourg
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Stolzemburg copper mine | Stolzembourg municipality Putscheid | Copper mining | location | ||
National Museum of Luxembourg Iron Ore Mines | Rumelings | Iron ore | location | ||
Fond-de-Gras | Differdange and Pétange | Iron ore | location |
Mexico
Surname | State | local community | comment | location | image |
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Mina de El Eden | Zacatecas | Zacatecas | Most profitable gold and silver mine in the world. Since 1586; detailed underground tour. | location | |
Mineral de Pozos | Mineral de Pozos | Guanajuato (state) | No show mine, it is possible to visit several mines in guided tours. Other - dangerous - mines may only be entered with special permission. | location | |
Mines in Guanajuato | Guanajuato (city) | Guanajuato (state) | Several mines have been developed as a show mine, such as the Bocamina | location |
New Zealand
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Banbury Tourist Mine (Underground Union Express) | Denniston | One of New Zealand's oldest ghost town coal mines | location | ||
Mitchell's Gully Gold Mine | Charleston | Gold mine | location |
Netherlands
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Fluweelengrot | Limburg | Valkenburg aan de Geul | Former marl mining , decorated with charcoal drawings, with a chapel and medieval escape routes | location | |
Gemeentegrot | Limburg | Valkenburg aan de Geul | Former lime mine, charcoal paintings, it served as a bunker during World War II . | location | |
Roman catacombs | Limburg | Valkenburg aan de Geul | Former limestone mine with copies of Roman catacombs inside | location | |
Steenkolenmijn Valkenburg | Limburg | Valkenburg aan de Geul | Former lime mine in which a hard coal mine was simulated for teaching purposes | location | |
Geulhemmergroeve | Limburg | Geulhem | Former lime mine | location | |
Sibbergroeve | Limburg | Sibbe | Former lime mine with chapel from 1865 | location | |
Jezuïetenberg | Limburg | Maastricht | Former lime mine - designed as a chapel by Jesuits | location | |
Sint Pietersberg | Limburg | Maastricht | Former lime mine with an interesting history - was the war headquarters of NORTHAG during the Cold War | location |
Norway
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Kongsberg Silver Mine of the Norwegian Mining Museum | Viken | Saggrenda near Kongsberg | contains an underground facility with an accessible mine | location | |
Emerald Green Byrud Gård | Viken | Minnesund, oath full | Gem mine | location | |
Blaafarveværket | Viken | Modum | Mining history open-air museum with blue paint works and walk-in above and below ground cobalt pits | location | |
Røros Kobberverk : Olavsgruva and Nyberget gruve | Trøndelag | Røros | Copper mines, blast furnace Bergstadt UNESCO World Heritage Site , 2 show mines | location | |
Rutile gruva | Vestfold and Telemark | Kragerø | Breakdown of rutile. | location | |
Folldal Gruver | Domestic | Folldal | Large mining complex consisting of 70 houses, mines, slag heaps and dump sites. In operation from 1748 to 1993. Copper, zinc and sulfur. | location | |
Orkla Industrial Museum | Trøndelag | Løkken Verk | 2 mines can also be visited here | location | |
Sulitjelma Besøksgruver | North country | Sulitjelma at Fauske | 100 km north of the Arctic Circle, visitor mine, 1.5 km mine railway , from 2015 part of the former Sulitjelmabanen museum railway. The mine was active from 1887 to 1991 and was one of Norway's biggest polluters. | location | |
Gruve 3 | Spitsbergen | Longyearbyen | Coal mining from 1969 to 1996. Guided tours of the mine are offered. The expansion to a mining museum is planned. In the eastern part of the mine there is a seed bank with more than 2000 species. | location |
Austria
Surname | state | local community | comment | location | image | |
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Terra Mystica | Carinthia | Bad Bleiberg | Lead mine | location | ||
Knappenberg show mine | Carinthia | Hüttenberg , OT Knappenberg | contains an underground facility with an accessible mine | location | ||
Seegrotte Hinterbrühl | Lower Austria | Hinterbrühl | the "flooded" former gypsum mine is used by boats | location | ||
Grillenberg show mine | Lower Austria | Payerbach | Mining on Eisenstein | location | ||
Hallstatt Salt Mine | Upper Austria | Hallstatt | Salt mine, Bronze Age mining and the oldest industrial area in Europe, man in salt | location | ||
Hallein Salt Mine | Salzburg | Hallein | location | |||
Larzenbach copper mine | Salzburg | Hüttau , OT Niedernfritz | Mining from the 13th century to 1869 | location | ||
Leogang show mine | Salzburg | Leogang | Prehistoric and medieval ore mining, the Leogang mining and Gothic museum is located in the manager's house in the village | location | ||
Mühlbach am Hochkönig exhibition tunnel | Salzburg | Mühlbach am Hochkönig | Mining on copper ore. The tunnel goes through to Sankt Johann im Pongau and was used to supply Mühlbach when the road was impassable. At the other end of the tunnel there used to be the Arthurstollen show mine . | location | ||
Hochfeld show mine | Salzburg | Neukirchen am Großvenediger | Located in Obersulzbachtal . Mining copper pebbles | location | ||
Ramingstein silver mine | Salzburg | Ramingstein | Very authentically preserved mine, abandoned in 1780, without electric lighting. | location | ||
Sunnpau show mine | Salzburg | Sankt Veit im Pongau | Prehistoric, medieval and modern mining on copper ore. | location | ||
Zinc wall ore path | Salzburg , Styria | Weißpriach , Rohrmoos-Untertal | Silver, cobalt, zinc - with a via ferrata to and through a 300 m long tunnel that crosses the main Alpine ridge. | location | ||
Arsenic mine Santa's bubbles | Styria | Santa bubbles | Decommissioned in 1660. | location | ||
Altaussee Salt Mine | Styria | Altaussee | location | |||
Show mine Arzberg silver mine | Styria | Arzberg | silver | location | ||
Erzberg | Styria | Iron ore | Erzberg adventure with open-cast mine and tunnel trips. Largest open pit mine in Europe. | location | ||
Magnesitbergerk in the Keltenberg amusement park | Styria | Hohentauern | Magnesite | location | ||
Sunfixlhöhle | Styria | Cabbage black | Mining historical monument, mining of Gosau sandstone, also underground | location | ||
Show mine in Oberzeiring | Styria | Oberzeiring | Silver mining | location | ||
Radmer parade gallery | Styria | Radmer | Copper mine, tunnel railway, large late medieval mine | location | ||
Annastollen Bromriesen | Styria | Rohrmoos-Untertal , OT Obertal | Silver mine, later nickel mining at an altitude of 1226 m | location | ||
Knappenlöcher Fieberbrunn | Tyrol | Fieberbrunn | Adventure guide. Tunnels not specially developed for visitors, no electrical lighting. | location | ||
Ulpenalpe show mine | Tyrol | Put | Iron spar, copper pyrites, cobalt, pyrite, quartz. Austria's highest show mine. Accessible from the top station of the Spieljochbahn via the Knappensteig. | location | ||
Copper plate show mine | Tyrol | Jochberg | The only upright copper mining in Central Europe. Mine train. | location | ||
Schwaz silver mine | Tyrol | black | In the Middle Ages it was the largest and most profitable silver mine in the world. One of the most important sources of finance for the Fuggers and the Habsburgs. | location | ||
Lehenlahn show mine | Tyrol | Wildschönau | Silver mine, medieval tunnels | location | ||
Gold mine | Tyrol | Zell am Ziller | Multimedia presentation in the gallery | location | ||
Historic mine in Bartholomäberg | Vorarlberg | Bartholomäberg , OT Worms | 120 m tunnel | location |
Some of the show mines such as Terra Mystica or the Salt Worlds are more like underground multimedia shows, others attach great importance to authenticity and, in extreme cases, such as Ramingstein and the high-altitude show mines in Tyrol, do without electric lighting. The tightened safety regulations after the Lassing mine accident or for other reasons, several visitor mines could no longer be operated. Among them are
- the stone oil mine in Pertisau ,
- the silver mine in Mitteldorf in Virgen ,
- Bad Ischl salt mountain Bad Ischl ,
- the Arthur tunnel in Sankt Johann im Pongau,
- the tunnel lift in the Imhof tunnel between the Gastein Valley and Rauris ,
- the show mine in Neuberg an der Mürz ,
- the Hofergraben mine in Hopfgarten in Defereggen ,
- the Vötternstollen in Rohrmoos-Untertal ,
- the downwind tunnel in Kals ,
- Knappengruben Blindes, St. Jacob ,
- and the graphite mine in Kaisersberg , which is still active but can no longer be visited ,
- as well as the salt mine in Hall in Tirol earlier after ceasing operations .
Pakistan
Surname | District | local community | comment | location | image |
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Khewra Salt Mine |
Pind Dadan Khan in Punjab |
Khewra | Visitor mine in the main tunnel of the very large active salt mine in the salt mountains . The tourist area has been expanded since 2000, with improvements in the area and salt mine-specific and local attractions inside the tourist section. The number of visitors is given by the company as 250,000 per year |
location |
Poland
Surname | Voivodeship | local community | comment | location | image |
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Sztolnia 17 Stara Kopalnia Uranu w Kletnie (Kletno uranium mine) |
Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia) |
Kletno (Klessengrund) |
Uranium mining from 1948 | location | |
Sztolnie Kowary (Kowary uranium mine) |
Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia) |
Kowary (Schmiedeberg) |
Iron ore, uranium mining from 1948, uranium from the first Soviet atomic bombs | location | |
Muzeum Górnictwa i Hutnictwa Złota (Museum of gold mining and gold smelting with gold mine) |
Dolnośląskie (Lower Silesia) |
Złoty Stok (Reichenstein in Silesia) |
Gold; Access by mine train, underground waterfall | location | |
Podziemia kredowe w Chełmie (Chełm Lime Tunnel) |
Lubelskie (Lublin) |
Chełm | underground lime mining | location | |
Wieliczka Salt Mine |
Małopolskie (Lesser Poland) |
Wieliczka | Large salt mine with an underground world, mining since the 13th century, UNESCO World Heritage | location | |
Bochnia Salt Mine |
Małopolskie (Lesser Poland) |
Bochnia | Poland's oldest salt mine, large underground world, mining since the 12th century, UNESCO World Heritage | location | |
Sztolnia "Czarnego Pstrąga" ( Black Trout Caves ) |
Śląskie (Silesia) |
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) |
Heir tunnels of the “Friedrichsgrube” lead and silver mine; 600 m long passage in boats | location | |
Zabytkowa Kopalnia Srebra (Silver Mine) |
Śląskie (Silesia) |
Tarnowskie Góry (Tarnowitz) |
Silver; 1,740 m long route, 270 m of which by boat, open-air steam engine museum | location | |
Skansen Górniczy Królowa Luiza (open- air mining museum Queen Luise) |
Śląskie (Silesia) |
Zabrze (Hindenburg OS) |
Hard coal mining since 1791; 1.5 km route | location | |
Zabytkowa Kopalnia Węgla Kamiennego Guido ( Guido Mining Museum ) |
Śląskie (Silesia) |
Zabrze (Hindenburg OS) |
Hard coal; Navigation of 170 m and 320 m sole | location | |
Prahistoryczne Kopalnie Krzemienia w Krzemionkach |
Śląskie (Silesia) |
Swietokrzyski | Prehistoric flint mine | location | |
Kłodawa Salt Mine |
Wielkopolskie (Greater Poland) |
Kłodawa | Salt mine, colored salt in blue and pink | location |
Portugal
Surname | District | local community | comment | location | image |
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Cova dos Mouros | Faro | Ribeira da Foupana | Archaeological park with prehistoric copper mines, open-air mining museum near Vaqueiros | location |
Romania
Surname | District | local community | comment | location | image |
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Salina Turda | Transylvania | Turda | Show mine and mining museum | location | |
Salina Praid | Transylvania | Praid at Sovata | Large underground area with museum, church, amusement park | location |
Sweden
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Falun Mine (Falu gruva) | Dalarna | Lernbo , municipality of Smedjebacken | Mining from the 9th century, 2/3 of the world's copper production in the 17th century and Sweden's largest gold and second largest silver mine, closed in 1992 and redesigned as a visitor mine. | location | |
Flogbergets gruva | Dalarna | Lernbo , municipality of Smedjebacken | In the Ekomuseum Bergslagen open-cast and underground mines various ores, some of the 15 mines can be visited. | location | |
Hornkullens silvergruvor | Värmland County | Nykroppa | silver | location | |
Stollberg's gruva | Dalarna | Lernbo , municipality of Smedjebacken | In the Ekomuseum Bergslagen , one of the richest ore fields in Sweden: silver mining from around 1100, later mining for iron, zinc and manganese, opencast and underground mines. | location | |
Loos Koboltgruva | Gävleborg County | Come on | The element nickel was discovered in the mine in 1735 | location | |
Tykarpsgrottan | Skåne County | Iganberga | Limestone, underground mining is very rare in Sweden | location | |
Malmbergsgruvan | Norrbotten County | Gällivare | Iron ore, show mine in an active mine | location | |
Kiruna iron ore mine | Norrbotten County | Kiruna | Iron ore, magnetite, show mine in an active mine | location | |
Bond tunnel Kopparberg | Örebro län | Kopparberg | Iron, silver, gold, sulphides, tunnels (150m accessible) and opencast mining | location | |
Skottvångs gruva | Södermanland County | Gnesta and Strängnäs | Iron ore | location | |
Lockgruvan | Örebro län | Nora | Iron ore | location | |
Koppartorp | Södermanland County | Tunaberg Municipality of Nykoping | Copper, cobalt, ghost village with many old mines to explore independently | location | |
Långban | Värmland County | Filipstad | 20 different minerals, the pits are flooded and can be explored in dives | location | |
Kristinebergsgruvan | Västerbotten | Lycksele | Copper, tin, silver, gold, formerly Sweden's deepest mine, St. Anna's Church 90m below the surface | location | |
Storbergets gruvor | Gävleborg County | Torsåker | 60 opencast mines and some tunnels. Small visitor mine in the deepest tunnel. | location | |
Sala silvergruva | Västmanland County | Sala | silver | location | |
Vildmarksgruvan | Västerbotten | Skellefteå | Pegmatite with various minerals | location | |
Kleva gruva | Småland | Ventlanda | Copper, nickel, 2 km of tunnels accessible to visitors, arch church, ice figures | location | |
Fröå gruva | Åreskutan near Åre | Skellefteå | copper | location |
Slovakia
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Baňa Cígeľ | Idrija | Lignite, with an overhead monorail 2 km into the mine, there is a 500m visitor tour | location | ||
Štôlna Bartolomej | Banská Štiavnica | The oldest mining town in Slovakia, a mining history museum with a visitor mine just outside the town | location |
Slovenia
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Antonijev rov | Idrija | Mercury mine | location | ||
Mežica Tourist Mine and Museum | Mežica | Lead and zinc mines in the Karawanken | location | ||
Muzej Premogovništva Slovenije | Velenje | Coal mining, mining museum with tunnels | location |
Switzerland
Surname | Canton | local community | comment | location | image |
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Landesplattenberg | Glarus | Engi , OT Hinterdorf | Extraction of slate for slates | location | |
Silberberg Davos | Grisons | Davos Monstein | Silver mining | location | |
Adit on Mot Madlain | Grisons | Scuol , OT S-charl | medieval silver and lead ore mining; public but strenuous visit, attached to the Schmelzra Museum | location | |
La Presta | Neuchâtel | Val-de-Travers | accessible, disused asphalt mine | location | |
Schleitheim Gypsum Museum | Schaffhausen | Schleitheim , OT Oberwiesen | Gypsum museum with gypsum gallery | location | |
Gonzen iron mine | St. Gallen | Sargans | Iron ores ( hematite , magnetite , hausmannite ) | location | |
Bex Salt Mine | Vaud | Bex | Visitor zone in the still active salt mine | location | |
Copper mine "La Lée" | Valais | Anniviers , OT Zinal | location | ||
Riedhof mine | Zurich | Aeugst am Albis | Brown coal and marl mine | location | |
Chrästel quartz sand mine | Zurich | Box | location | ||
Käpfnach mine | Zurich | Horgen | Lignite and marl mine with a length of 80 km | location |
Spain
Surname | region | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Parque Minero de Riotinto, Peña de Hierro Mine | Andalusia | Huelva | Minas de Riotinto | Several minerals, in the pyrite belt of the South Iberian peninsula , namesake of the mining company Rio Tinto Group | location | |
Mina de la Jayona | Extremadura | Badajoz Province | Sierra de la Jayona | Iron ore, tunnels and opencast mines in a karst area | location | |
Minas de Arditurri | Basque Country | Gipuzkoa | Oiartzun | Several minerals, mainly iron. Mines in operation since the Romans until 1984, underground lake | location | |
Mon de Sal | Catalonia | Barcelona Province | Cardona | Salt mine | location | |
Parque Arqueológico Minas de Gavà | Catalonia | Barcelona Province | Gava | Prehistoric mine from around 4000 BC, one of the oldest in the world | location | |
Minas de Manganeso de Puras de Villafranca | Castile and León | Burgos Province | Belorado | manganese | location | |
La Union mines | Region of Murcia | Murcia | La Union | Silver, lead, zinc, pyrite; Mining region with numerous accessible mine workings, south and west of La Union; also guided underground tours | location |
South Korea
Surname | province | local community | comment | location | image |
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Amethyst mines in Jasujeong | Ulsan | Eonyang | Amusement park with disused amethyst mines that can be visited | location |
Czech Republic
Surname | region | local community | comment | location | image |
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Cesky Krumlov graphite mine
(Grafitový důl) |
Jihočeský kraj |
Český Krumlov (Bohemian Krumlov) |
Graphite mine | location | |
Christophstolln
(Štola Kryštof), (Důl Mauritius) |
Karlovarský kraj |
Abertamy , OT Hřebečná (Stallion Heir) |
tin | location | |
Johannesstolln
(Štola Johannes) |
Karlovarský kraj |
Boží Dar , OT Zlatý Kopec (Golden Heights) |
Skarne with silver, copper, tin, iron (as magnetite ) and zinc, 8 km from Gottesgab near Zlatý Kopec, only by appointment | location | |
Hieronymus (Důl Jeroným) pit in the Lauterbach desert | Karlovarský kraj |
Rovná u Sokolova (Lauterbach desert, east of Podstrani) |
Tin and iron, belongs to the City Museum in Sokolov Castle | location | |
Pit unity
(Důl Svornost) |
Karlovarský kraj |
Jáchymov (Saint Joachimsthal) |
Silver, arsenic, cobalt, uranium, radium, 12th level (500m depth) occasionally passable, only by prior arrangement in the city museum | location | |
Gallery No. 1
(Štola č. 1) |
Karlovarský kraj |
Jáchymov (Saint Joachimsthal) |
mainly uranium, also silver, arsenic, cobalt, connected remarkable mineral exhibition in the city museum | location | |
"Bergschmiede" mine
(Důl Kovárna) |
Královéhradecký kraj |
Pec pod Sněžkou (Petzer) |
Iron ore, arsenic and copper, visitor mine since 2004 | location | |
Harrachov mining museum with a visit to the tunnel
(Hornické muzeum Harrachov) |
Liberecký kraj |
Harrachov (Harrachsdorf) |
Fluorite, barite, galena and quartz | location | |
Show mine Anselm mine
(Důl Anselm) |
Moravskoslezský kraj , Eastern Czech Republic |
Ostrava (Moravian Ostrau) |
Coal, Ostrava Open Air Mining Museum (Landek park Ostrava) | location | |
Andreas Schlick tunnel (Štola Ondřej Šlik) | Plzeňský kraj |
Planá u Mariánských Lázní (map) |
silver | location | |
Prokop tunnel
(Štola Prokop) |
Plzeňský kraj |
Stříbro (bad) |
Silver, barite, east of the city center in the valley of the Mies, attached open-air mining museum | location | |
Mining museum Schacht Chrustenitz
(Chrustenická šachta) |
Středočeský kraj |
Beroun , OT Chrustenice (Chrustenitz) |
oolithic iron ores, east of the village of Chrustenitz | location | |
Pit of St. George
(Důl svatého Jiří) |
Středočeský kraj |
Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg) |
Medieval silver mine, guided tour of the passages under the town as part of the visit to the Bohemian Silver Museum (České muzeum stříbra) | location | |
Pribram Mining Museum (Hornické Muzeum Příbram) | Středočeský kraj |
Příbram (Freiberg in Bohemia) |
Lead, silver, uranium; largest mining museum in the Czech Republic, three drivable tunnels | location | |
United Lehnschafter Adit (Prohlídková štola Lehnschafter) | Ústecký kraj |
Mikulov v Krušných horách (Niklasberg, before the 17th century also Neuschellenberg) |
Arsenopyrite. The tunnel is temporarily inaccessible | location | |
Nikolaistollen
(Mikulášská štola) |
Ústecký kraj |
Hora Svaté Kateřiny (St. Catherine Hill) |
Silver, copper, tin, lead; largest tunnel in the Bohemian part of the Ore Mountains. only temporarily accessible | location | |
Stollen of the Holy Evangelist “St. Johannes "(Štola Jan Evangelista) | Ústecký kraj |
Jiřetín pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal) |
Silver, part of the mine "Frisch Glück Erbstolln" | location | |
Visitor mine Stollen Alter Martin
(Štola Starý Martin) |
Ústecký kraj |
Krupka (pearl barley) |
tin | location | |
Visitor mine "Promised Land Stolln" (Štola země zaslíbená) | Ústecký kraj |
Měděnec (Copper Mountain) |
Malachite (copper) | location | |
Mariahilfstolln (Štola Marie Pomocná) | Ústecký kraj |
Měděnec (Copper Mountain) |
Malachite (copper) | location |
Ukraine
Soledar Salt Mine ( Ukrainian СОЛЯНАЯ ШАХТА СОЛЕДАРА ) |
Donetsk | Soledar | Large salt mine | location |
United States
Surname | state | local community | comment | location | image |
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Goldfield Ghost Town | Arizona | Apache Junction | Reactivated ghost town with historic gold mine and other attractions | location | |
Copper Queen Mine | Arizona | Bisbee | Copper mining | location | |
Good Enough Mine | Arizona | Tombstone | One of the former many silver mines in Tombstone, Arizona | location | |
Gold bug mine | California | Placerville | mining historical park with gold mine, which can be visited without a guide | location | |
Eagle and High Peak Mine | California | Julian | Gold mine | location | |
Himalayan Tourmaline Mine | California | Santa Ysabel | Tourmaline mine to search for yourself, 8 km of tunnels | location | |
Smuggler Mine (Compromise Mine) | Colorado | Aspen | Silver mine | location | |
Lebanon Silver Mine | Colorado | Georgetown | Silver mine - additional attraction of the Georgetown Loop Railroad and only accessible with this | location | |
Country Boy Mine | Colorado | Breckenridge | Gold mine around 1880 | location | |
Carbonate mine | Colorado | Breckenridge | Gold mine around 1880, temperature inside constant at −2 ° C, therefore many ice formations inside the mine, coordinates only very approximate; Summer guided tours from Breckenridge | location | |
Hidee gold mine | Colorado | Central City | gold | location | |
Hopemore Mine | Colorado | Leadville | Gold, silver, lead, zinc | location | |
Bachelor Syracuse Mine Tour | Colorado | Ouray | Gold mine | location | |
Mollie Kathleen Gold Mine | Colorado | Cripple Creek | Gold mine, first mine owned by a woman in the gold camp, rope ride to 330m depth, | location | |
Old Hundred Gold Mine | Colorado | Silverton | Large gold mine operated from 1905 to 1973 | location | |
Phoenix Mine | Colorado | Idaho Springs | Gold mine, first mine owned by a woman in the gold camp, rope ride at 330 m depth, | location | |
Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine | Connecticut | East Granby | 18th century copper mine that was later converted into a prison | location | |
Consolidated Mine | Georgia | Dahlonega | Gold, which caused America's first gold rush in 1828, is therefore in conflict with the Stockmar Gold Mine | location | |
Pine Mountain Gold Mine (Stockmar Gold Mine) | Georgia | Villa Rica | Gold, which caused America's first gold rush in 1826, is in dispute with the Consolidated Mine, National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Crystal gold mine | Idaho | Kellogg | Gold mine | location | |
Sierra Silver Mine | Idaho | Wallace | Small silver mine | location | |
Vinegar Hill Mine | Illinois | Galena | Lead mine | location | |
Strataca Kansas Underground Salt Mine | Kansas | Hutchinson | Salt mine | location | |
Portal 31 | Kentucky | Lynch | Large coal mine that has been converted into a visitor mine with a lot of effort | location | |
Delaware Copper Mine | Michigan | Mohawk | Copper mine | location | |
Iron Mountain Iron Mine | Michigan | Iron Mountain | Iron ore, next to the adit, is a lake that was created by the collapse of the Chapin Mine. You can also visit the Chapin Mine Steam Pump Engine , the largest steam-powered pump ever built | location | |
Quincy Mine | Michigan | Hancock | Very large and old copper mine, world's largest drum winder , National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Missouri Mines State Historic Site | Missouri | Bonne Terre | Large former lead mine, largest underground lake in the world, to which boat and diving tours are also offered. | location | |
Soudan Underground Mine | Minnesota | Lake Vermilion | Iron ore mine; National Historic Landmark , contains an underground facility with a navigable mine | location | |
Free Enterprise Radon Mine | Montana | Boulder | Uranium mine - now used as a radon therapy tunnel | location | |
Techatticup Mine and Savage Mine | Nevada | Nelson | The two gold mines can be visited as part of a canoe tour through the Eldorado Canyon | location | |
Chollar Mine | Nevada | Virginia City | Gold and silver mining, the Ponderosa Mine, the Comstock Gold Mill and several mines in the area can also be visited. | location | |
The Sterling Hill Mining Museum | New Jersey | Ogdensburg | Zinc, minerals, walk-in tunnels, last formerly active mine in New Jersey, National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Reed gold mine | North Carolina | Midland | Oldest gold mine in the United States, National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Sheffield Mine | North Carolina | Franklin | Gemstone mine - for visitors to search for themselves | location | |
Tour-Ed Mine | Pennsylvania | Tarentum | coal | location | |
Lackawanna Coal Mine | Pennsylvania | Scranton | coal | location | |
No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum | Pennsylvania | Lansford | coal | location | |
Pioneer tunnel | Pennsylvania | Ashland | Coal mining and museum steam train | location | |
Seldom Lakes Tourist Coal Mine | Pennsylvania | St. Boniface at Patton | relatively small, but complete and authentically preserved coal mine | location | |
Broken Boot Gold Mine | South Dakota | Deadwood | Gold mining | location | |
Park City Silver mining | Utah | Park City | Silver and other precious metals, tour to the silver mines with a 500 m drive into a silver gallery | location | |
Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine | Virginia | Pocahontas | Hard coal mining; National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Morefield Gem Mine | Virginia | Amelia Courthouse | Different gemstones, visitors can independently search for 80 different minerals | location | |
Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine (Phillips-Sprague Mine) | West Virginia | Beckley | Hard coal mining; National Register of Historic Places | location | |
Bevans Lead Mine (Platteville Mining Museum) | Wisconsin | Platteville | Lead and zinc | location |
United Kingdom
Surname | region | local community | comment | location | image |
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Chislehurst Caves | Greater London | Chislehurst | Underground limestone and flint mines served as air raid shelters during World War II | location | |
Carnglaze Caverns | Cornwall | St Neot | Shale, underground lake | location | |
Geevor Tin Mine | Cornwall | Pending | tin | location | |
Rosevale Mine | Cornwall | Zennor at St. Ives | tin | location | |
Poldark Mine | Cornwall | Helston | Tin, 18th century mine | location | |
Goodluck Mine | Derbyshire | Middleton | lead | location | |
Heights of Abraham | Derbyshire | Mahlock Bath | Two former fluorite mines (Great Masson Cavern, Great Rutland Cavern) can be reached by cable car | location | |
North of England Lead Mining Museum | Durham | Cowshill | lead | location | |
Clearwell Caves | Gloucestershire | Clearwell | Iron ore, ocher, ocher mining still active | location | |
City of Caves | Nottinghamshire | Nottingham | Sandstone, artificial cave system under the city | location | |
Florence Mine | Cumbria | Egremont | Eisenstein | location | |
Honister Slate Mine | Cumbria | Borrowdale ( Lake District ) | Slate mine, produced the Westmorland green slate | location | |
National Coal Mining Museum | Yorkshire | Wakefield | Coal, 140m cable ride, former Caphouse Colliery mine | location | |
Ecton Mine Educational Center | Staffordshire | Ecton, Staffordshire | Copper, lead; mining history open-air museum with visitors' mine | location | |
Snailbeach Lead Mine | Shropshire | Snailbeach | lead | location | |
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum | North Yorkshire | Skinningrove | Eisenstein | location | |
Birkhill Fireclay Mine | Scotland , West Lothian | Birkhill | refractory clay | location | |
Lochnell Mine , Wanlockhead Museum of Lead Mining | Scotland , Dumfries and Galloway | Wanlockead | lead | location | |
Great Orme | Wales | Llandudno | Copper, Bronze Age mine | location | |
Sygun Copper Mine | Wales | Beddgelert | copper | location | |
Dolaucothi Gold Mines (Ogofau Gold Mines ) | Wales | Blaenafon | Gold, open pit and underground mining since the Romans | location | |
Llechwedd Slate Caverns | Wales | Blaenau Ffestiniog , Gwynedd | Large slate mine | location | |
Llanfair Slate Caverns | Wales | Harlech | slate | location | |
King Arthur's Labyrinth | Wales | Corris | Former slate mine that tells the story of King Arthur . | location | |
The Silver Mountain Experience | Wales | Llywernog | Silver ore | location | |
Rhondda Heritage Park | Wales | Trehafod , Rhondda | Coal, | location | |
Big Pit National Coal Museum | Wales | Blaenafon | Coal, 90m cable ride | location |
Use this list offline
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- Trier University of Applied Sciences - List of show mines , FH-Trier, accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Network EXARC - List of visitor mines , EXARC (Network Archaeological Open-Air Museums, Experimental Archeology, Ancient Technology and Interpretation), accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Showcaves - List of show mines and show caves , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Grubenarcheologische Gesellschaft (GAG) - List of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Bavarian State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology - List of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Saxon State Ministry for Economic Affairs, Labor and Transport - Table of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Thüringer Landesbergamt (TLBA) - List of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- TU Freiberg - List of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
- Union Internationale de Spéléologie (UIS) - List of visitor mines , accessed on: August 26, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ bergwerk-hallwangen.de
- ↑ Mining monuments in the mining region Erzgebirge / Krusnohory, publisher: Karlovy Vary district together with the state of Saxony, Germany / Czech Republic, 2014, p. 159
- ↑ Mining monuments in the Ore Mountains / Krusnohory mining region, publisher: Karlovy Vary district together with the state of Saxony, Germany / Czech Republic, 2014, p. 162