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Partizánska Ľupča in Slovakia. Now a village with 1300 inhabitants but in 14th-19th centuries an important mining town with more than 4000. Several houses still have an urban character.
Dawson City, Yukon, Canada, in 1957.

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

Historical mining communities

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Australia

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Austria-Hungary

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Austrian Lands

Lower Hungarian mining towns

Upper Hungarian mining towns

Other Hungarian mining towns

Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Canada

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Czechia

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(Listed under names given when founded or working as a mining town)

Finland

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Germany

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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

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Bavaria

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Lower Saxony

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North Rhine-Westphalia

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Saxony

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Saxony-Anhalt

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Thuringia

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Hong Kong

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Indonesia

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Nigeria

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Norway

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Poland

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Slovenia

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South Korea

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United States

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Alaska

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Arizona

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California

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Colorado

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Idaho

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Iowa

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Michigan

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Minnesota

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Montana

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Nevada

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New Mexico

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South Dakota

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Utah

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Wisconsin

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See also

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References

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Citations

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  • Sherman, James E; Barbara H. Sherman (1969). Ghost Towns of Arizona. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 0-8061-0843-6. Book features pg. 147 about what is necessary for a settlement to have in order to be considered a "mining town".