History/Places
Mining towns, ghost towns and ports
The towns the rushes built, the ports that shipped the ore and the places left behind.
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- Aberfan
- Almaden
- Antofagasta1868
- Arrowtown
- Ballarat1838
- Banska Stiavnica1156
- Baotou
- Barberton1884
- Barkerville1862
- Bendigo
- Blaenavon
- Boddington
- Bodie1876
- Bor
- Broken Hill1883
- Burra
- Butte1864
- Calico
- Callao1537
- Cartagena de Indias1533
- Centralia1841
- Cerro de Pasco1578
- Charters Towers
- Cobalt
- Coloma
- Coober Pedy1915
- Coolgardie
- Copiapo1744
- Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape
- Cripple Creek
- Cue
- Dampier
- Dar es Salaam1862
- Datong
- Dawson City1896
- Deadwood1876
- Diamantina
- Durban1835
- Esperance
- Zollverein, Essen1847
- Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan
- Falun
- Freiberg
- Fushun
- Ganzhou
- George Town1786
- Geraldton
- Goldfield1902
- Goslar
- Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System
- Greenbushes1889
- Guanajuato1546
- Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines
- Gwalia
- Hotan
- Hpakant
- Huancavelica1571
- Humberstone
- Idrija
- Ipoh
- Iquique
- Ironbridge Gorge
- Iwami Ginzan1527
- Jachymov
- Jharia
- Johannesburg1886
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder1893
- Kambalda1897
- Kamsar
- Karratha
- Kennecott
- Kimberley1873
- Kiruna1900
- Kitwe1936
- Kolar Gold Fields
- Kolmanskop
- Kolwezi
- Kongsberg1624
- Kookynie
- Kuala Lumpur1857
- Kutna Hora
- Laurion mining region
- Laverton1898
- Lavrion
- Leadville1877
- Leonora
- Lightning Ridge
- Likasi
- Lobito1843
- Lota1662
- Lubumbashi
- Luderitz1883
- Magadan1929
- Mapungubwe
- Marble Bar
- Mary Kathleen
- Menzies
- Minas de Riotinto
- Mogok
- Monongah1891
- Moonta
- Morowali
- Mount Isa1923
- Mount Magnet
- Muntok
- Newman1966
- Nome1898
- Norilsk1935
- Norseman
- Obuasi
- Oruro1606
- Ouro Preto1711
- Paraburdoo
- Park City1869
- Pilgrim's Rest
- Port Hedland
- Potosi1545
- Qingdao
- Queenstown
- Ravensthorpe
- Redruth
- Rhyolite1904
- Richards Bay1879
- Rjukan
- Roebourne
- Roros
- Rosia Montana Mining Landscape
- Sado Island Gold Mines
- San Francisco1776
- Senghenydd
- Seville
- Sewell
- Skagway
- Southern Cross
- St Just
- Greater Sudbury1893
- Swansea1158
- Tarnowskie Gory Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine
- Taxco
- Tembagapura
- Tianjin
- Timbuktu
- Timmins1912
- Tom Price
- Tombstone1879
- Tongling
- Tsumeb1905
- Veracruz1519
- Virginia City1859
- Waihi
- Weipa
- Wieliczka1123
- Wiluna
- Wittenoom1950
- Yellowknife1936
- Zacatecas
| Place | Type | Country | Founded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sar-e-Sang, Badakhshan | Trade route stop | Afghanistan | |
| Lobito | Port | Angola | 1843 |
| Ballarat | Boom town | Australia | 1838 |
| Bendigo | Boom town | Australia | |
| Boddington | Boom town | Australia | |
| Broken Hill | Boom town | Australia | 1883 |
| Burra | Boom town | Australia | |
| Charters Towers | Boom town | Australia | |
| Coober Pedy | Boom town | Australia | 1915 |
| Coolgardie | Boom town | Australia | |
| Cue | Boom town | Australia | |
| Dampier | Port | Australia | |
| Esperance | Port | Australia | |
| Geraldton | Port | Australia | |
| Greenbushes | Boom town | Australia | 1889 |
| Gwalia | Ghost town | Australia | |
| Kalgoorlie-Boulder | Boom town | Australia | 1893 |
| Kambalda | Boom town | Australia | 1897 |
| Karratha | Boom town | Australia | |
| Kookynie | Ghost town | Australia | |
| Laverton | Boom town | Australia | 1898 |
| Leonora | Boom town | Australia | |
| Lightning Ridge | Boom town | Australia | |
| Marble Bar | Boom town | Australia | |
| Mary Kathleen | Ghost town | Australia | |
| Menzies | Boom town | Australia | |
| Moonta | Boom town | Australia | |
| Mount Isa | Boom town | Australia | 1923 |
| Mount Magnet | Boom town | Australia | |
| Newman | Boom town | Australia | 1966 |
| Norseman | Boom town | Australia | |
| Paraburdoo | Boom town | Australia | |
| Port Hedland | Port | Australia | |
| Queenstown | Boom town | Australia | |
| Ravensthorpe | Boom town | Australia | |
| Roebourne | Boom town | Australia | |
| Southern Cross | Boom town | Australia | |
| Tom Price | Boom town | Australia | |
| Weipa | Boom town | Australia | |
| Wiluna | Boom town | Australia | |
| Wittenoom | Ghost town | Australia | 1950 |
| Oruro | Boom town | Bolivia | 1606 |
| Potosi | Boom town | Bolivia | 1545 |
| Diamantina | Boom town | Brazil | |
| Ouro Preto | Boom town | Brazil | 1711 |
| Barkerville | Ghost town | Canada | 1862 |
| Cobalt | Ghost town | Canada | |
| Dawson City | Boom town | Canada | 1896 |
| Greater Sudbury | Smelter town | Canada | 1893 |
| Timmins | Boom town | Canada | 1912 |
| Yellowknife | Boom town | Canada | 1936 |
| Antofagasta | Port | Chile | 1868 |
| Copiapo | Boom town | Chile | 1744 |
| Humberstone | Ghost town | Chile | |
| Iquique | Port | Chile | |
| Lota | Ghost town | Chile | 1662 |
| Sewell | Ghost town | Chile | |
| Baotou | Smelter town | China | |
| Datong | Boom town | China | |
| Fushun | Boom town | China | |
| Ganzhou | Boom town | China | |
| Hotan | Trade route stop | China | |
| Qingdao | Port | China | |
| Tianjin | Port | China | |
| Tongling | Smelter town | China | |
| Cartagena de Indias | Port | Colombia | 1533 |
| Jachymov | Boom town | Czechia | |
| Kutna Hora | Boom town | Czechia | |
| Kolwezi | Boom town | DR Congo | |
| Likasi | Smelter town | DR Congo | |
| Lubumbashi | Boom town | DR Congo | |
| Freiberg | Boom town | Germany | |
| Goslar | Heritage site | Germany | |
| Mines of Rammelsberg, Goslar and Upper Harz Water Management System | Heritage site | Germany | |
| Zollverein, Essen | Heritage site | Germany | 1847 |
| Obuasi | Boom town | Ghana | |
| Laurion mining region | Region | Greece | |
| Lavrion | Boom town | Greece | |
| Kamsar | Port | Guinea | |
| Jharia | Boom town | India | |
| Kolar Gold Fields | Boom town | India | |
| Morowali | Boom town | Indonesia | |
| Muntok | Port | Indonesia | |
| Tembagapura | Boom town | Indonesia | |
| Iwami Ginzan | Heritage site | Japan | 1527 |
| Sado Island Gold Mines | Heritage site | Japan | |
| George Town | Port | Malaysia | 1786 |
| Ipoh | Boom town | Malaysia | |
| Kuala Lumpur | Boom town | Malaysia | 1857 |
| Timbuktu | Trade route stop | Mali | |
| Guanajuato | Boom town | Mexico | 1546 |
| Historic Town of Guanajuato and Adjacent Mines | Heritage site | Mexico | |
| Taxco | Boom town | Mexico | |
| Veracruz | Port | Mexico | 1519 |
| Zacatecas | Boom town | Mexico | |
| Hpakant | Boom town | Myanmar | |
| Mogok | Boom town | Myanmar | |
| Kolmanskop | Ghost town | Namibia | |
| Luderitz | Port | Namibia | 1883 |
| Tsumeb | Smelter town | Namibia | 1905 |
| Arrowtown | Boom town | New Zealand | |
| Waihi | Boom town | New Zealand | |
| Kongsberg | Boom town | Norway | 1624 |
| Rjukan | Heritage site | Norway | |
| Roros | Boom town | Norway | |
| Callao | Port | Peru | 1537 |
| Cerro de Pasco | Boom town | Peru | 1578 |
| Huancavelica | Boom town | Peru | 1571 |
| Tarnowskie Gory Lead-Silver-Zinc Mine | Heritage site | Poland | |
| Wieliczka | Heritage site | Poland | 1123 |
| Rosia Montana Mining Landscape | Heritage site | Romania | |
| Magadan | Port | Russia | 1929 |
| Norilsk | Smelter town | Russia | 1935 |
| Bor | Smelter town | Serbia | |
| Banska Stiavnica | Boom town | Slovakia | 1156 |
| Idrija | Boom town | Slovenia | |
| Barberton | Boom town | South Africa | 1884 |
| Durban | Port | South Africa | 1835 |
| Johannesburg | Boom town | South Africa | 1886 |
| Kimberley | Boom town | South Africa | 1873 |
| Mapungubwe | Heritage site | South Africa | |
| Pilgrim's Rest | Boom town | South Africa | |
| Richards Bay | Port | South Africa | 1879 |
| Almaden | Boom town | Spain | |
| Minas de Riotinto | Boom town | Spain | |
| Seville | Port | Spain | |
| Falun | Boom town | Sweden | |
| Kiruna | Boom town | Sweden | 1900 |
| Dar es Salaam | Port | Tanzania | 1862 |
| Aberfan | Boom town | United Kingdom | |
| Blaenavon | Heritage site | United Kingdom | |
| Cornwall and West Devon Mining Landscape | Heritage site | United Kingdom | |
| Ironbridge Gorge | Heritage site | United Kingdom | |
| Redruth | Boom town | United Kingdom | |
| Senghenydd | Boom town | United Kingdom | |
| St Just | Boom town | United Kingdom | |
| Swansea | Smelter town | United Kingdom | 1158 |
| Bodie | Ghost town | United States | 1876 |
| Butte | Boom town | United States | 1864 |
| Calico | Ghost town | United States | |
| Centralia | Ghost town | United States | 1841 |
| Coloma | Boom town | United States | |
| Cripple Creek | Boom town | United States | |
| Deadwood | Boom town | United States | 1876 |
| Goldfield | Boom town | United States | 1902 |
| Kennecott | Ghost town | United States | |
| Leadville | Boom town | United States | 1877 |
| Monongah | Boom town | United States | 1891 |
| Nome | Boom town | United States | 1898 |
| Park City | Boom town | United States | 1869 |
| Rhyolite | Ghost town | United States | 1904 |
| San Francisco | Port | United States | 1776 |
| Skagway | Port | United States | |
| Tombstone | Boom town | United States | 1879 |
| Virginia City | Boom town | United States | 1859 |
| Kitwe | Boom town | Zambia | 1936 |