Europe’s surviving mine headframe and winding tower sites

Former lignite shaft at Gardanne, now a 14-hectare innovation and enterprise campus anchored by the conserved 50-metre extraction tower of the puits Yvon Morandat, the deepest mine in the Provence coalfield.

Former lignite mine near Gardanne with preserved headframes of puits Z and puits Yvon Morandat, now a business and enterprise site.

Ventilation shaft of the Livezeni underground coal mine in the Jiu Valley coalfield, Petroșani.

Auxiliary shaft of the Livezeni hard coal mine in the Livezeni district of Petroșani, part of an operation scheduled for closure by 2032.

Abandoned talc mine shaft site in the Poiana Ruscă hills of Hunedoara, with derelict surface buildings remaining after closure around 2010.

Active hard coal mine in Petroșani's Jiu Valley, one of Romania's last operating collieries, with closure planned by 2032.

Coal mining shaft complex at Lonea in the Jiu Valley, approaching final closure after over 150 years of extraction.

Unfinished concrete skip shaft tower at Mina Lonea, sunk before 2010 and never brought into operation.

Closed and backfilled coal shaft of the Anina mine, sunk from 1862, reaching 650 metres depth; now sealed after final closure in 2006–2007.

Abandoned steel headframe of the Pozo San José coal mine at Olloniego, the main vertical shaft of the Hulleras de Veguín y Olloniego company, closed in 1993 after partial theft of structural members.