Exhibition mine
Appearance
An exhibition mine is a mine that is accessible to the public and contains exhibitions about that particular mine and about the coal industry in general, effectively doubling as a museum.
Notable exhibition mines
[edit]- Cape Breton Miners Museum - Glace Bay, Nova Scotia
- El Chiflón del Diablo - Arauco Basin, Chile
- Fell Exhibition Slate Mine - Trier, Germany
- Phillips-Sprague Mine - on the National Register of Historic Places in New River Park, Beckley, West Virginia[1]
- Pocahontas Exhibition Coal Mine - Pocahontas, Virginia, United States[2]
- Salt Cathedral of Zipaquirá - Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Colombia
- Wieliczka Salt Mine – Wieliczka, southern Poland
References
[edit]- ^ "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination Form" (PDF). Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "POCAHONTAS EXHIBITION MINE". dmme.virginia.gov. Retrieved 17 April 2021.