GRADIVO ZA PROUČAVANJE TEMATIKE RUDARSTVA NA PODRUČJU MEÐIMURJA I KOPRIVNIČKE PODRAVINE
THE ARCHIVES FOR THE STUDY OF MINING IN THE AREA OF MEDJIMURJE AND KOPRIVNICKA PODRAVINA

Summary/Abstract: The archives of coal mines are diverse and regardless of their state of preservation the content of the material, its physical preservation, the time range of the creator’s existence, the time range of the material creation and the documentary entities can be determined from this archival material. On the other hand, the information that cannot be obtained from the material is easily supplemented with information from other sources, such as District People’s Committees as well as official gazettes. The coal mines in Mursko Središce in Medimurje and in Koprivnica are interesting because they were coal mines of national importance along with few others. Unfortunately, their archives are very poorly explored, although the coal mines were very important for the development of state, republic and local industry. Their archives can serve as a valuable source of information to researchers of various scientific disciplines, whether they are historians investigating e.g. economic, local or everyday history, or whether they are geographers dealing with geology, geomorphology, industrial geography, social geography. The material can also serve as a valuable source of information to researchers who explore population migration and to researchers interested in environmental issues, mining and geologic engineering. Besides, it can be used for research in socio-humanities such as anthropology, ethnology, sociology, economics, etc., but also in applied sciences (mechanical and civil engineering, geodesy ...). Although coal exploitation was a very important branch of mining in the period from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the second half of the 20th century, the coal from the mines is not used as an energy source any more, which might be the reason why local history researchers avoid choosing a topic that is not current any more.

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