Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Former Lorraine rock-salt mine at Einville-au-Jard with surviving metal headframe, puits, and underground galleries maintained in preservation by the Compagnie des Salins du Midi et des Salines de l'Est.

Former Kempen coal mine at Eisden, Maasmechelen, now partially redeveloped as Maasmechelen Village outlet centre with two surviving concrete headframes and the Connecterra national park gateway.

Finland's largest underground mine and the EU's sole chromite producer, operating at Elijärvi in Keminmaa with a prominent hoisting tower on surface.

Former Elsecar New Colliery site retaining the world's oldest steam engine in situ, a Scheduled Ancient Monument now open to visitors at Elsecar Heritage Centre.

Restored former iron-ore mine complex at Esch-sur-Alzette, preserved by volunteer association Entente Mine Cockerill as a heritage museum and nature reserve site.

Former Ruhr hard coal colliery at Castrop-Rauxel, with two surviving listed headframes at Schächte 3 and 7 and a technology park on the former coking plant site.

Former copper shale mine at Wettelrode, now operating as the ErlebnisZentrum Bergbau Röhrigschacht with Germany's oldest working steel headframe.

Restored coal mine headframe and public park on the former Puits Espérance site at Communay, with surviving pithead buildings and mining heritage displays.

Former Valea Jiului coal mine in closure, with surface structures awaiting demolition and site undergoing remediation.

Former West Cumbrian hematite iron mine, last deep iron ore mine in Europe, with Grade II listed pithead complex now occupied by Florence Arts Centre.