Wiki: Mining community - upcScavenger

A mining community, also known as a mining town or a mining camp, is a community that houses . Mining communities are usually created around a Mining or a quarry.

Historical mining communities

Australia

Ballarat, Victoria
Bendigo, Victoria
Kalgoorlie, Western Australia
Menzies, Western Australia

Austria-Hungary

Austrian Lands

Idrija, today in Slovenia
Eisenerz in Styria
Hall in Tirol in Tyrol
Schwaz in Tyrol

Lower Hungarian mining towns

Kremnitz, today Kremnica in Slovakia
Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica in Slovakia
Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica in Slovakia
Königsberg, today Nová Baňa in Slovakia
Libethen, today Ľubietová in Slovakia
Pukkanz, today Pukanec in Slovakia
Dilln, today Banská Belá in Slovakia

Upper Hungarian mining towns

Göllnitz, today Gelnica in Slovakia
Rosenau, today Rožňava in Slovakia
Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves in Slovakia
Schmöllnitz, today Smolník in Slovakia
Jossau, today Jasov in Slovakia
Ruda, today Rudabánya in Hungary
Telken, today Telkibánya in Hungary

Other Hungarian mining towns

Deutsch Liptsch, today Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Banovići
Kakanj
Tuzla
Zenica

Canada

Cobalt, Ontario
Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
Dawson City, Yukon
Lynn Lake, Manitoba
Red Lake, Ontario
Thompson, Manitoba
Timmins, Ontario
Flin Flon, Manitoba

Czech Republic

(German name in parentheses)

Abertamy (Abertham)
Adamov (Adamstadt)
Andělská Hora (Engelsberg)
Boží Dar (Gottesgab)
Branná (Goldenstein)
Hartmanice (Hartmanitz)
Hora Svaté Kateřiny (Sankt Katharinaberg)
Hora Svatého Šebestiána (Sebastiansberg)
Horní Blatná (Platten)
Horní Město (Bergstadt)
Horní Slavkov (Schlaggenwald)
Hrob (Klostergrab)
Hůrky (Adamsfreiheit), today part of Nová Bystřice
Jáchymov (Sankt Joachimsthal, Joachimsthal)
Janov (Johannesthal)
Jihlava (Iglau)
Jílové u Prahy (Eule)
Jiřetín pod Jedlovou (Sankt Georgenthal)
Kašperské Hory (Bergreichenstein)
Krajková (Gossengrün)
Krásno (Schönfeld)
Krupka (Graupen)
Kutná Hora (Kuttenberg)
Litrbachy (Lauterbach) – in the area of Rovná, no longer exists
Loučná pod Klínovcem (Böhmisch Wiesenthal)
Měděnec (Kupferberg)
Místo (Platz)
Nové Město pod Smrkem (Neustadt an der Tafelfichte)
Oloví (Bleistadt)
Pernink (Bärringen)
Planá (Plan)
Přebuz (Frühbuß)
Přísečnice (Preßnitz) – in the area of Kryštofovy Hamry, no longer exists
Rejštejn (Unterreichenstein)
Rudolfov (Rudolfstadt)
Staré Město (Goldeck, Altstadt)
Stříbrné Hory (Silberberg), today part of Nalžovské Hory
Stříbro (Mies)
Vodňany (Wodnian)
Výsluní (Sonnenberg)
Zlaté Hory (Zuckmantel)

Finland

Pargas

Germany

In Germany, a Bergstadt refers to a settlement near mineral deposits vested with town privileges, Bergregal rights and tax exemption, in order to promote the economic development of the mining region.

Baden-Württemberg