Mining

The oldest subscription library in Britain was started by lead miners in southwest Scotland.

This rural bridge gave the government of West Virginia a red scare.

The site of one of the most profitable silver mines in the world, reclaimed by Lake Superior.

Preserved 19th-century lime kilns sit in southern Sweden.

The oldest operating hotel in Illinois enjoys a historic (and some say haunted) past.

These massive concrete foundations and smelter chimney bricks still smell like smoke after a century.

The only museum dedicated to the tile production for which the Rupel region was renowned.

Thousands of unmarked, sunken graves in a pauper's cemetery.

Explore the remnants of a 19th-century tin mining operation and get a glimpse into Tasmania's industrial past.

The remains of a cable car used for bauxite mining after World War I hides in a coastal forest.

This site contains preserved ruins and industrial remnants of Western Australia's mining heritage.

An art gallery dedicated to art works by coal miners which depict work in the mines and life in the former British mining communities.

An isolated early 20th-century gold mine in the remote Pine Forest Range contains much preserved equipment.

A super-sized wheelbarrow that sits at the roadside.

This bronze memorial pays tribute to a local dog.

A mining camp built around an unexpected occurrence of silver.

Before its closure in 2002, this South Dakota mine was the largest and deepest gold mine in Western Hemisphere.

Bodie's 20th-century rival was a paragon of respectability and calm—but the mines eventually ran dry.