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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
Minas de Wanda	Misiones	Wanda	Gemstone mine, especially amethyst	location

Australia

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Surname	State	local community	comment	location	image
Historic Daydream Mine	New South Wales	Broken Hill	Silver, opened in 1882, an old mine by Australian standards	location
Big opal mine	New South Wales	Lightning Ridge	Black opal	location
Chambers of The Black Hand	New South Wales	Lightning Ridge	Black opal	location
Walk-in mine	New South Wales	Lightning Ridge	Black opal	location
Soon Hill Mine	New South Wales	Hill End	gold	location
Bobby Dazzler Sapphire Mine	Queensland	Rubyvale	Sapphire mine	location
Miners Heritage Walk In Mine	Queensland	Rubyvale	Sapphire mine	location
Wheal Hughes	South Australia	Moonta	Copper - show mine currently (2014) probably closed (no money for security measures)	location
Umoona Opal Mine and Museum	South Australia	Coober Pedy	Opal, most of the city including the churches are underground because of the great summer heat.	location
Old Timers Mine	South Australia	Coober Pedy	opal	location
Douggies Underground Mine Tours (CMT Underground Mine Tour.)	Tasmania	Queenstown	Visit to an active copper mine, visit a 300 m deep shaft.	location
Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Center	Tasmania	Beaconsfield	Gold mine, formerly the Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum, partially collapsed in 2006 and restored after 12 months.	location
Central Deborah Gold Mine	Victoria	Bendigo	Gold, adventure tour up to 228 m below the surface with elevator, ladders etc.	location
Long Tunnel Extended Mine	Victoria	Valhalla	Gold mine in restored, formerly abandoned gold mining town	location
State Coal Mine	Victoria	Wonthaggi	coal	location

Belgium

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Surname	region	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	Department	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	State	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	state	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	region	Department	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
Vagonetto , Fokis Mining Park	Fokis	Amfissa	bauxite	location

Indonesia

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
Lubang Mbah Suro , (Tunnel of Mbah Suro)	Padang , Sumatra	Sawahlunto	Coal mining museum in a former coal mine	location

Ireland

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Surname	local community	county	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	prefecture	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	region	local community	comment	location	image
Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá	Cundinamarca	Zipaquira	salt	location

Croatia

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Surname	region	mountain	comment	location	image
Medvednica		Medvednica mountain near the Graik hut	Medieval mining for lead and zinc (coordinates point to the mountain top).	location

Luxembourg

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	State	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	state	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	District	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	Voivodeship	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	District	local community	comment	location	image
Cova dos Mouros	Faro	Ribeira da Foupana	Archaeological park with prehistoric copper mines, open-air mining museum near Vaqueiros	location

Romania

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Surname	District	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	Canton	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	region	province	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	province	local community	comment	location	image
Amethyst mines in Jasujeong	Ulsan	Eonyang	Amusement park with disused amethyst mines that can be visited	location

Czech Republic

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Surname	region	local community	comment	location	image
Cesky Krumlov graphite mine (Grafitový důl)	Jihočeský kraj	Český Krumlov (Bohemian Krumlov)	Graphite mine	location
Christophstolln (Štola Kryštof), Mauritius mine (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

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Soledar Salt Mine ( Ukrainian СОЛЯНАЯ ШАХТА СОЛЕДАРА )

Donetsk

Soledar

Large salt mine

location

United States

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Surname	state	local community	comment	location	image
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

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Surname	region	local community	comment	location	image
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

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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

1. ↑ bergwerk-hallwangen.de
2. ↑ Mining monuments in the mining region Erzgebirge / Krusnohory, publisher: Karlovy Vary district together with the state of Saxony, Germany / Czech Republic, 2014, p. 159
3. ↑ 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

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