mining settlement
Diggers' frontier community
A mining settlement is a community established near a mine or mining operation, typically arising quickly when valuable minerals are discovered.
These settlements range from temporary camps to permanent towns, their fortunes tied to the mine's productivity: The mining settlement became a ghost town after the silver ran out.
Many modern cities began as mining settlements.
- boomtownsFast-growing frontier settlements
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- boom and bustRecurring economic extremes
- workersPeople doing jobs
- ghost townsDepopulated former communities
frontier town · housing · pit · gold · iron · coal · deforestation · tunnel · lantern · pickaxe · ore cart · roads · shaft · prospectors · pay dirt · dust · company town · company store
mining settlementfarming village
Agricultural rural settlement
agricultural community · farming community · fishing village · fishing port · ranching community
mining settlementmajor city
Large, significant urban area
metropolis · capital city · administrative center · university town · cultural center
mining settlementconservation area
Protected architectural zone
nature preserve · farming village · eco-village · intentional community · wilderness area
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