For links to sites managed by NAMHO member organisations - please see
our Members Page.
Links to national sites connected to UK cave and mine history and exploration:
British Cave Research Association
Mining History discussion list (and archive from 1998 onwards)
British Caving Association
Links to other sites connected to cave and mine history and exploration:
American Mining History Association
Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust
Asbestos mining and diseases
King Edward Mine - Cornwall
Australasian Mining History Association
Mariposa Museum - California Gold Rush
Bath Stone Mines (Quarries)
Mike Moore Bookseller - For specialist books in the areas of mining and industrial history, caving and walking, travel and the outdoors
BBC: Nation on Film: Coal-mining
Mine-Explorer
BBC: Nation on Film: Tin-mining
Miner´s Advice
British Land Reclamation Society
Miner´s Lamp Collector Page
Cave Guide Books
Minera Lead Mines
Caves and Caving in the UK
Miner´s Son, A - history of Derbyshire coal mines
Chamber of Mines of South Africa - many international mining links
Mineralogy Database - online search by location for mineral occurrences worldwide
Clearwell Caves
Mines in Cyprus
Cleveland Ironstone Mining Museum
Mines of Sardinia
Coal Authority
Mines of the Isle of Man
Coal Mining History Resource Centre
Mines Rescue - heroes of mine - about UK mine rescue services
Coalville Iowa Homepage
Mining History Information
Cornish Mine Images
Mining History Network
Cornish Mining Index
Mining in Europe
Crofty Heritage Ltd
Mining Journal Ltd, The
Cumbria Ore Mine Rescue Unit
Mining museum at Rossland B.C.
Dartmoor Tinworking Research Group
Mining-Heritage.com - library of images: mining and mineralogy
Durham Dales Mining Society
Morwellham Quay Museum
Durham Miners Heritage Group
National Mining Memorabilia Association
European Mines (successor to Minet) - European mining heritage network
National Trust (Dolaucothi Gold Mines)
Exeter Mining History Research Group
Newspaper index for extractive industries (look at bottom of home page)
Exmoor Mines Research Group
North of England Institute of Mining & Mechanical Engineers
Fife Mining Heritage Society
Pleasley Colliery
George Hall's Mining Journal Index for Wales & Shropshire (1835-1921)
Protector Lamp
Harry Mole
Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum Group
HEIRNET register: an on-line searchable index of historic environment information resources
Representations of mining in European culture: free database
History Today magazine
Rhondda Heritage Park
Historymine - Vancouver-based
SAFEMM - Société Archéologique Française d'Étude des Mines et de la Métallurgie
Illinois Dept of Natural Resources - lots of links
Show caves - and much more
Industrial Heritage of Calderdale, The
South Wales Miners Museum
Institute Europa Subterranea
Subterranea Britannica
There are also links to mining museums that are NAMHO members on the
member list pages.
If you see any broken links, or if you would like to tell us
about other websites of interest, please let us know - email
the webmaster through the Contacts page.