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 Australia Ballarat, Victoria Bendigo, Victoria Kalgoorlie, Western Australia Menzies, Western Australia Austria Schwaz Eisenerz, Styria Austria-Hungary Upper Austrio-Hungarian mining towns Göllnitz, today Gelnica Jossau, today Jasov Nemecká Ľupča, today Partizánska Ľupča Schmöllnitz, today Smolník Rosenau, today Rožňava Ruda, today Rudabánya in Hungary Telken, today Telkibánya in Hungary Zipser Neudorf, today Spišská Nová Ves Lower Austrio-Hungarian mining towns Dilln, today Banská Belá Königsberg, today Nová Baňa Kremnitz, today Kremnica Libethen, today Ľubietová Neusohl, today Banská Bystrica Pukanz, today Pukanec Schemnitz, today Banská Štiavnica 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 Czechia (Listed under names given when founded or working as a mining town) Abertham, today Abertamy Adamstadt, today Adamov Adamsfreiheit, today Hůrky Bärringen, today Pernink Bergreichenstein, today Kašperské Hory Bergstadt, today Horní Město Bleistadt, today Oloví Böhmisch Wiesenthal, today Loučná pod Klínovcem Eule, today Jílové u Prahy St. Georgenthal, today Jiretin pod Jedlovou Goldeck (Mährisch Altstadt), today Staré Město pod Sněžníkem Goldenstein, today Branná Gossengrün, today Krajková Gottesgab, today Boží Dar Graupen, today Krupka Hartmanitz, today Hartmanice Iglau, today Jihlava St. Joachimsthal, today Jáchymov Johannesthal, today Janov St. Katharinaberg, today Hora Svaté Kateriny Klostergrab, today Hrob Kupferberg, today Měděnec Kuttenberg, today Kutná Hora Lauterbach (Kaiserwald) (town no longer exists) Mies, today Stříbro Neustadt a. d. Tafelfichte, today Nové Město pod Smrkem Plan, today Planá Platz, today Místo Platten, today Horní Blatná Preßnitz (town no longer exists) Rudolfstadt, today Rudolfov Schlaggenwald, today Horní Slavkov Sebastiansberg, today Hora Svatého Šebestiána Sonnenberg, today Výsluní Unterreichenstein, today Rejštejn Wodnian, today Vodňany Zuckmantel, today Zlaté Hory 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 Freudenstadt Prinzbach Bavaria Auerbach in der Oberpfalz Pegnitz (town) Bodenmais Lam Fichtelberg (Upper Franconia) Lower Saxony Altenau Bad Grund Clausthal Zellerfeld Lautenthal Obernkirchen Sankt Andreasberg Wildemann North Rhine-Westphalia Lüdenscheid Saxony Altenberg Annaberg Buchholz Berggießhübel Bleiberg (near Frankenberg/Sa.) (town no longer exists) Brand Ehrenfriedersdorf Eibenstock Elterlein Ernstthal Freiberg Geyer Glashütte (Saxony) Hohenstein Johanngeorgenstadt Lengefeld Lößnitz Marienberg, Saxony Neustädtel Oberwiesenthal Oederan Scheibenberg Schneeberg Schwarzenberg/Erzgeb.