"...mein Acker ist die Zeit", Aufsätze zur Umweltgeschichte - Oapen

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Table 1 Arbitrary List of Cities Founded to Exploit Natural Resources
Name Country Resource Founded/ Mentioned
Aachen
(Aquis villa)
Germany Curative
Water
765 AD first diplomatic mention by King Pipin.
Former stone-age settlement
(3000 - 2500 BC)
Ute City
/Aspen
USA / Col. Silver 1879 first settlers, named Aspen in 1880
Beatty USA / Nev. Mining 1904 founded as a railroad service centre for
Bullfrog Mine
Christiansdorf
(Freiberg,
Saxony)
Germany Silver silver found in 1168
Coober Pedy Australia Opal 1915 opal was found (kupa piti= white man in a
hole)
Cripple Creek USA / Col. Gold 1890 gold was found, today abandoned "Americas
greatest gold camp"
Denver USA / Col. Gold founded 1859 as gold mining camp
Glen Lyon USA / Pen. Coal 1710 coal found. Mining started by the Susquehanna
coal company 1869/1870.
Goldkronach Germany Gold first settlement about 1000 AD; mining of gold
since 1300
Hallstatt Austria Salt "industrial mining" of salt, proven since 2000 BC;
world´s oldest saltmining
Johannesburg South Gold 1886 gold was found in Witwatersrand, mining
Africa
settlement
Karratha Australia Iron Ore founded 1968 as a joint State Government -
Hamersley Iron project to meet the expanding
accommodation needs of the mining company
Kimberley South
Africa
Diamonds 1871 diamonds were found. Soon after newspaper
report nearly 30.000 inhabitants, today
world´s diamond capital
Mable Bar Australia Gold/ Tinn named by environment, founded in 1893, Australia’s
hottest town
Marienberg Germany Silver ore since 1311 "Marktfreiheit"
Schwaebisch-
Hall
Germany Salt approx. by end of 11th cent.
Sudbury Canada Nickel,
Copper,
Platinum
1880ies
Summitville USA/ Col. Gold founded 1870. In 1883 abandoned after fire, 1935
mines partly reopened, later supplies for WW II