mining town
Quarry workers' village
A mining town is a settlement that exists primarily to support nearby mining operations.
These towns often spring up rapidly when mineral deposits are discovered, and may decline or become ghost towns when the resource is exhausted.
The old mining town still has a few hundred residents, mostly retirees who never left.
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
- pay dirtValuable ore deposit
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- smelterOre-refining plant
- company storeEmployer-operated retail outlet
company housing · prospecting · labor union · boomtown · wild west · quarry · boom and bust · bunkhouse · saloon keeper · headframe · canary · shaft · frontier · reclamation · pollution · hardship · assay · pickaxe
- industrial townsindustrial city, Gary, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Youngstown
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- Wild Westcowboy, howdy, sheriff, giddyup, lawmen
- city typescapital, metropolis, megacity, port city, coastal city
- frontier towngeneral store, saloon, sheriff's office, livery stable, hitching post
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold flakes, gold nuggets, gold pan
mining townfarming village
Agricultural rural settlement
agricultural town · farm town · farming community · agricultural community · fishing village
mining towncapital city
Primary governmental center
ancient city · historic town · planned community · company town · ghost town
mining towncultural capital
Prestige from education and taste
cosmopolitan city · spa town · seaside resort · university town · arts district