List of mines in the Harz

This list contains an overview of the mines in the Harz Mountains of central Germany, formerly one of the most productive mining regions in the world.

Wolkenhügel Pit, Bad Lauterberg (closed 2007)

Hahnenklee

Hahnenklee Field

August Gallery
Aufcontainingtigkeit Pit, 1741 - 1761, 42 m depth, probably silver ore
Pit Beständigkeit Pit, 1739 - 1816 (1828), 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
Herzogin Philipina Charlotte Pit, 1745 - 1802, probably silver-containing galena
Johann Georg Pit, 1748 - 1754, probably silver-containing galena
Morgenröte Pit, 1679 - 1684, probably silver ore
St. Edmund Pit (upper and lower), 1620 - 1739 (1828), 70 m depth, probably silver ore
Pit Theodora, ab 1816 Theodora and Beständigkeit, 1741 - 1828, 90 m depth, silver-containing galena
Lautenthaler Hoffnungsstollen, built 1745 - 1799, length 4 km, 158 m deep in the Theodora Shaft, today a drinking water reservoir

Bockswiese Field

Alter Gesellschafter Shaft
Alter Treibschacht
Christiane Sophie, a pinge
Erbtiefster Shaft
Brauner Hirsch Pit , 1690 - 1755, 70 m depth, silver and copper ores
Grüne Linde Pit , 1693 - 1724, probably silver ore
Grüne Tanne and Kahlebergsglück Pit
Elisabeth Julians Pit
Haus Hannover Pit , 1718 - 1721, probably silver ore
Haus Wolfenbüttel Pit , 1718 - 1760, 60 m depth, probably silver ore
Hermann Pit , 1681 - 1696, probably silver ore
Herzog Anton Ulcontaining Pit , 1673 - 1807, 210 m depth, silver-containing galena
Herzog August Wilhelm Pit , 1672 - 1738, probably silver ore
Herzog August Pit, 1663 - 1681 (1931), 75 m depth, silver-containing galena
Herzog August and Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1681 - 1931, 430 m depth, silver-containing galena
Johann Friedcontaining Pit, 1670 - 1681 (1931), 40 m depth, silver-containing galena
Herzog Georg Wilhelm Pit , 1664 - 1718, probably silver ore
Landes Herrn Pit
Neue Gesellschaft Pit , 1670 - 1745, 135 m depth, probably silver ore
Neuer Edmund Pit , 1718 - 1755, kein Erzfund
Neues Zellerfeld Pit , 1703 - 1745, 110 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
Prinzen Pit , 1691 - 1705, 40 m depth, probably silver ore
Silberner Bock Pit
Silberner Georg Pit , 1692 - 1696, probably silver ore
Stadt Braunschweig Pit , 1673 - 1686, probably silver ore
Zellerfelder Hoffnung Pit, 1716 - 1866, 40 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
Grumbacher Gallery, built 1719 - 1730, length 1.8 km
Kahlenberg Shaft, 1922 - 1929, prospecting shaft
1st Lichtloch Shaft
3rd Lichtloch Shaft
Drei Bäre Shaft'
Haus Braunschweig Shaft
Kahlenbergsglück Shaft
Neues Lichtloch Shaft

Clausthal-Zellerfeld

Burgstätte Field

Zellerfeld Field

Rosenhof Field

Haus Herzberg Field

New Hausherzberg Shaft

Goslar

Lautenthal

Lautenthalsglück Pit

Sankt Andreasberg

Schulenberg im Harz (Upper and Middle Schulenberg)

including Festenburg im Harz

Bockswiese Field (eastern section), formerly Bockswiese-Schulenberg-Festenburg Field

Altenauer Hoffnung Gallery
Festenburg Gallery, mentioned in 1720
Gelbe Lilie Pit / Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , 1669 - 1817, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
Glücksrad Pit, 1666 - 1824, 250 m depth, silver ore, chalcopyrite
Gnade Gottes Pit , 1673 - 1769, 270 m depth, probably silver ore, chalcopyrite
Haus Kronenburg Pit, 1691 - 1705 (1795), 145 m depth, probably silver ore
Herzog August Wilhelm Pit, 1703 - 1754, 125 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
Juliane Sophia Pit, 1776 - 1904, 400 m depth, silver-containing galena
König Karl Pit, 1711 -1716, probably silver-containing galena
Kronenburgs Glück Pit, 1705 - 1795, 292 m depth, silver-containing galena
Kron Festenburg Pit
Königin Elisabeth Pit, 1713 - 1803, probably silver-containing galena
Neue Gelbe Lilie Pit , siehe Gelbe Lilie
Neuer Engel Pit , 1710 - 1736, probably silver-containing galena
Neues Schulenbergs Glück Pit , see St. Martins Mine
Prinzen Pit , 1705 - 1737, 190 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
Schulenbergs Glück Pit , 1690 - 1705 (1795), silver-containing galena
St. Anna am Schulenberge Pit
St. Urban Pit , 1692 - 1814, 253 m depth, silver-containing galena, chalcopyrite
Unvergängliche Gabe and Reiche Gesellschaft am Schulenberge Pit
Weißer Schwan Pit, 1691 - 1799, 290 m depth, probably silver-containing galena
Kleine Mertens Zeche, 1691 - 1738 (1803), probably silver ore
Caroline Shaft
Grüne Tanne Shaft
Schulenberger Gallery
St. Martins Mine (Mertens Mine), 1697 -1791, probably silver-containing galena
Tiefer Schulenberger Gallery, built vor 1600 - 1745, length 2,9 km
Kaiser Heinreich Mine
St. Johannes über Kaiser Heincontaining am Schulenberge Mine