Introduction
The discovery of the silver deposit
The first quotation, 1237
Mining rights
The 'silver way' to Meran
The 'mining judge' of Sterzing-Gossensaß
Lighting
Life at Schneeberg
Sickness and death
Transporting silver-bearing lead to Schwaz
Extracting ore from the galleries
The miners' church of S. Magdalena
The first Tyrolese thaler
Entrepreneurs and mine owners
The Fugger family
Food and other goods 'in kind'
The chiselling technique
The main galleries
The blasting technique - black powder
The 'black money of Schneeberg'
The catastrophic avalanche of 1693
The Kaindl gallery
The fire at St. Martin in 1736
The miner's church Maria Schnee
Ore enrichment at Schneeberg until 1874
Andreas Hofer - 1809
Schneeberg as an Alpine refuge
Music at Schneeberg
The open-air rail transport plant
Empress Elizabeth wishes to ascend to Schneeberg
Schneeberg passes to Italy
The cableway
The Poschhaus
The end of the mining village at Schneeberg
The last phase of mining
From mine to museum
Miners' clothing over the centuries
The miners' uniform today
Ore enrichment at Maiern from 1870 to 1925
Ore enrichment after 1925 - the flotation process
The Giantess of the Tyrol Maria Faßnauer
Don Italo, the miners' priest
Aldo Sartori
Mining traditions at Ridnaun
The Passeier miners' association
The 'Song of Schneeberg'
The Ridnaun-Schneeberg museum area
The Schneeberg-Passeier museum area