List of show mines

This is a list of show mines, that are currently open to the public. Focus is on underground mining activity.

Argentina Name Province Municipality Notes Location Picture Minas de Wanda Misiones Wanda Amethyst

Australia

Name State Municipality Notes Location Picture Historic Daydream Mine New South Wales Broken Hill Silver, started 1882, relatively old mine for Australia Big Opal Mine New South Wales Lightning Ridge Black Opal Chambers of The Black Hand New South Wales Lightning Ridge Black Opal Walk-in Mine New South Wales Lightning Ridge Black Opal Bald Hill Mine New South Wales Hill End Gold Bobby Dazzler Sapphire Mine Queensland Rubyvale Sapphire Miners Heritage Walk In Mine Queensland Rubyvale Sapphire Wheal Hughes South Australia Moonta Copper, might be closed in 2014 Umoona Opal Mine and Museum South Australia Coober Pedy Opal, major parts of the city are underground, due to the excessive summer heat Old Timers Mine South Australia Coober Pedy Opal Douggies Underground Mine Tours Tasmania Queenstown Copper, 300 m shaft; also named: C.M.T. Underground Mine Tour Beaconsfield Mine & Heritage Centre Tasmania Beaconsfield Gold, formerly Grubb Shaft Gold and Heritage Museum Central Deborah Gold Mine Victoria Bendigo Gold, offers adventure tours to 228 m depth Long Tunnel Extended Mine Victoria Walhalla Gold, with gold rush ghost town State Coal Mine Victoria Wonthaggi Coal

Austria

Name State Municipality Notes Location Picture Terra Mystica Kärnten Bad Bleiberg Lead Schaubergwerk Knappenberg Kärnten Hüttenberg Seegrotte Hinterbrühl Niederösterreich Hinterbrühl Gypsum; flooded mine with underground boat tours Schaubergwerk Grillenberg Niederösterreich Payerbach Iron Salzwelten Hallstatt Oberösterreich Hallstatt Salt; mining since Bronze Age; oldest industrial complex in Europe Salzwelten Hallein Salzburg Hallein Salt Kupferzeche Larzenbach Salzburg Hüttau, district Niedernfritz Copper, from the 13th century till 1869 Barbarastollen Leogang Salzburg Leogang Mining started before the Middle Ages Schaustollen Mühlbach am Hochkönig Salzburg Mühlbach am Hochkönig Copper; the adit continues through the mountain to the municipality Sankt Johann im Pongau and served as emergency route for the residents, in cases the street could not be used Schaubergwerk Hochfeld Salzburg Neukirchen am Großvenediger Copper Silberbergwerk Ramingstein Salzburg Ramingstein Silver, mining came to an end 1780; everything kept in its original state, without electric light Schaubergwerk Sunnpau Salzburg Sankt Veit im Pongau Copper; mining started before the Middle Ages Zinkwand hiking trail Salzburg and Steiermark Weißpriach, Rohrmoos-Untertal Silver, cobalt, zinc and others; via ferrata to a 300 m long adit, that underpasses the main chain of the alps Salzwelten Altaussee Steiermark Altaussee Salt Silberbergwerk Arzberg Steiermark Arzberg Silver Erzberg Steiermark Eisenerz Iron Magnesitbergwerk Keltenberg Steiermark Hohentauern Magnesite Sunfixl cave Steiermark Kohlschwarz Underground sandstone mine Schaubergwerk Oberzeiring Steiermark Oberzeiring Silver Paradeisstollen Radmer Steiermark Radmer Copper; medieval, mining railway Annastollen Bromriesen Steiermark Rohrmoos-Untertal, district Obertal Silver and nickel Knappenlöcher Fieberbrunn Tirol Fieberbrunn Adits in original state, no electric light Schaubergwerk Ulpenalpe Tirol Fügen Iron, copper, cobalt, pyrite, quartz; could only be reached via the upper station of the cable car Spieljochbahn Schaubergwerk Kupferplatte Tirol Jochberg Copper Schwazer Silberbergwerk Tirol Schwaz Silver; one of the largest silver mines in the Middle Ages; most important financial source for Fugger and the Habsburg dynasties Schaubergwerk Lehenlahn Tirol Wildschönau Silver; medieval Goldschaubergwerk Tirol Zell am Ziller Gold Bergwerk in Bartholomäberg Vorarlberg Bartholomäberg, district Worms

Belgium

Name Province Municipality Notes Location Picture Schieferstollen Recht Wallonia Sankt Vith Slate Blegny Mine Wallonia Blegny Coal, UNESCO-World Heritage Site Bertrix mine Wallonia Bertrix, near Neufchâteau Slate; also named: Au Coeur de l'Ardoise Les minières de silex néolithique de Spiennes à Mons Wallonia Mons-Spiennes Flintstone, prehistoric, UNESCO-World Heritage Site Carriere souterraine de Geromont Wallonia Comblain-au-Pont Limestone, in-ground, near stalactite cave Grotte de l'Abîme Ardoisalle Wallonia Vresse-sur-Semois Slate Carrières souterraines de la Malogne Wallonia Cuesmes Phosphate, in limestone

Bolivia

Name Department Municipality Note Location Picture Mines in Cerro Rico Potosí Potosí Silver and zinc, for centuries largest silver mine worldwide, still active, with guided tours Mina San José Oruro Oruro Silver, Zinc

Brazil

Name State Municipality Notes Location Picture Mine des Chico Rei Minas Gerais Ouro Preto Gold, huge size; also named: Encardideira Minas da Passagem Minas Gerais Mariana Gold, they claim to be the largest gold show mine worldwide, over 30 km underground galleries, underground lake Mina Fonte Meu Bem Querer Minas Gerais Ouro Preto Gold Mina Velha Minas Gerais Ouro Preto Gold, started 1704

Bulgaria

Name State Municipality Notes Location Picture Mining museums of Pernik Pernik Province Pernik Coal

Canada

Name Province Municipality Notes Location Picture Atlas Coal Mine Alberta Drumheller Kohle Bellevue Underground Mine Alberta Crowsnest Pass Kohle Bell Island's Mine Newfoundland and Labrador Wabana at Bell Island Iron; galleries below the sea Simpson Mine Ontario Bruce Mines Copper Cobalt Mining Museum Ontario Cobalt Silver Mine Cristal Québec Bonsecours Rock crystal Mines Capelton Québec Capelton Copper Thetford Mines Québec Thetford Mines Chrysotile

Colombia Name Region Municipality Notes Location Picture Catedral de Sal de Zipaquirá Cundinamarca Zipaquira Salt

Croatia Name County Region Notes Location Picture Rudnik Zrinski Zagreb Medvednica Lead and zinc, medieval; nearby mountain hut Graik

Czech Republic

Name Region Municipality Notes Location Picture Grafitový důl Český Krumlov South Bohemian Český Krumlov Graphite Kovárna Hradec Králové Pec pod Sněžkou Iron, arsenic and copper Chrustenická šachta Central Bohemian Chrustenice Iron Hornické Muzeum Příbram Central Bohemian Příbram Biggest mining museum in Czech Republic, incl. 3 show adits Hora Svaté Kateřiny Ústí nad Labem Hora Svaté Kateřiny Silver and copper; galleries partly on German territory; might be temporarily closed Štola Sv. Jana Evangelisty Ústí nad Labem Jiřetín pod Jedlovou Silver Štola Starý Martin Ústí nad Labem Krupka Tin Štola Země zaslíbená Ústí nad Labem Měděnec Malachite

Denmark

Name Region Municipality Notes Location Picture Thingbæk Kalkminer, Bundgaards Museum North Denmark Skorping Coal, nowadays also cheese production Daugbjerg Kalkgruber Central Denmark StoholmLimeMønsted Kalkgruber Central Denmark Stoholm Lime, claim to be the largest in the world

Germany

Name State Municipality Notes Location Picture Tiefer Stollen Baden-Württemberg Aalen, district Wasseralfingen Iron, also asthma therapy Salzbergwerk Kochendorf Baden-Württemberg Bad Friedrichshall, district Kochendorf Common salt; active period 1899–1994 Himmlisch Heer Baden-Württemberg Dornstetten, district Hallwangen Silver Besucherbergwerk Schauinsland Baden-Württemberg Freiburg im Breisgau Lead, Zinc, large underground galleries Friedrichs Fundgrube Baden-Württemberg Freudenstadt Silver, between 1267 und 1730 Friedrichs Fundgrube Baden-Württemberg Großerlach Silver, small gallery: 30 m length, from the 18th century Segen Gottes Baden-Württemberg Haslach Silver Grube Teufelsgrund Baden-Württemberg Münstertal/Schwarzwald Fluorite Grube Hella-Glück Baden-Württemberg Neubulach Copper, silver, bismuth Grube Frischglück Baden-Württemberg Neuenbürg Iron Besucherstollen Niedereschach Baden-Württemberg Niedereschach Copper and lead, from the 16th century, 2 small galleries (Karl and Otto) Grube Wenzel Baden-Württemberg Oberwolfach Silver Grube Anna-Elisabeth Baden-Württemberg Schriesheim Silver, vitriol (copper sulphate) Silbergründle Baden-Württemberg Seebach Lead, zinc Grube Caroline Baden-Württemberg Sexau Lead, zinc Wetzsteinstollen Baden-Württemberg Spiegelberg Sandstone Hoffnungsstollen Baden-Württemberg Todtmoos Pyrrhotite and nickel Silberbergwerk Suggental Baden-Württemberg Waldkirch Silver Grube Marie in der Kohlbach Baden-Württemberg Weinheim, district Hohensachsen Lead, silver Grube Finstergrund Baden-Württemberg Wieden Fluorspar Silberschacht Bavaria Bach a.d. Donau Gemstone, silver Kupferberg Mine Bavaria Kupferberg Copper Salzbergwerk Alte Saline Bavaria Bad Reichenhall Salt Grube Stephansberg Bavaria Bamberg Sand, underground; 12 km galleries, thereof 2 km open to the public Salzbergwerk Berchtesgaden Bavaria Berchtesgaden Salt Schaubergwerk Silberberg Bavaria Bodenmais Pyrite, Vitriol Grube Grünten Bavaria Burgberg (Allgäu) Iron Grube Gleißinger Fels Bavaria Fichtelberg, district Neubau Biotite, Granite Schmutzlerzeche Bavaria Goldkronach Gold, small mine, 35 m gallery Grube Mittlerer Name Gottes Bavaria Goldkronach Gold Grube Kropfmühl Bavaria Hauzenberg Graphite Fürstenzeche Bavaria Lam Silver Friedrich-Wilhelm-Stollen Bavaria Lichtenberg Iron, copper, fluorspar Tiefstollen Peissenberg Bavaria Peißenberg Coal tar Grube Wilhelmine Bavaria Sommerkahl Copper Reichhardt–Schacht Bavaria Stulln Fluorspar Grube Gottessegen Hesse Alheim, district Oberellenbach Barite Grube Bertsch Hesse Bad Wildungen, district Bergfreiheit Copper Burgbergstollen Hesse Battenberg (Eder) Iron Hessian Brown Coal Museum Hesse Borken Brown coal Grube Christiane Hesse Diemelsee, district Adorf Iron Grube Ypsilanta Hesse Dillenburg, district Oberscheld Iron Goldbergbau Eisenberg Hesse Korbach, district Goldhausen Gold, shaft: Georgschacht Grube Gustav Hesse Meißner, district Abterode Barium, copper, barite Grube Fortuna Hesse Solms, district Oberbiel Iron Grube Ludwig Hesse Wald-Michelbach Manganese, from 1889 till 1918 Grube Ludwig Hesse Wetzlar Iron, alsoHausertorstollen;started 1842, November 13, from 1944 used for underground war production Schiefergrube Christine Hesse Willingen (Upland) Slate Knesebeckschacht Lower Saxony Bad Grund (Harz) Lead, zinc, silver, alternative names: Erzbergwerk Grund and Grube Hilfe Gottes Scholmzeche Lower Saxony Bad Lauterberg Lead, zinc, iron Klosterstollen Lower Saxony Barsinghausen Stone coal Grube Dorothea Lower Saxony Clausthal-Zellerfeld Silver, Silver, lead glance Grube Rosenhof Lower Saxony Clausthal-Zellerfeld underground wheel pit Besucherbergwerk Rammelsberg Lower Saxony Goslar UNESCO-World Heritage Site Feggendorfer Stollen Lower Saxony Lauenau Stone coal Grube Lautenthals Glück Lower Saxony Langelsheim, district Lautenthal Lead glance, zinc blende; 150 m of underground ore transport with ships Museum Industriekultur Lower Saxony Osnabrück Stone coal, with 300 m historical underground galleries Hüttenstollen Osterwald Lower Saxony Salzhemmendorf, district Osterwald Stone coal Grube Catharina Neufang Lower Saxony Sankt Andreasberg Lead, silver; access via Grube Samson Grube Roter Bär Lower Saxony Sankt Andreasberg Iron Grube Samson Lower Saxony Sankt Andreasberg Last fully operational man engine, worldwide; UNESCO-World Heritage Site