Oreburgh Mine

Fictional record. This page describes a mine from a fictional setting, not a real place. Information is based on the cited canon, with adaptations and interpretation distinguished where necessary. It is kept separate from the real MineArchive corpus — see Fictional.

Overview

A two-level coal mine beneath Oreburgh City, said to produce the richest-quality coal anywhere, and worked in parallel as a fossil site — its foreman moonlights as the city's Rock-type Gym Leader.

History

Oreburgh grew up as a coal-mining city in the Sinnoh region; its mine is also a notable source of fossils, enough to support a dedicated Oreburgh Mining Museum in the city above.

Workings

The mine descends two basement levels (B1F and B2F), worked by miners and explored by trainers for wild Pokémon encounters and evolutionary stones.

What became of it

Roark, Oreburgh's Gym Leader and the mine's own foreman, can be found working at the bottom level; after demonstrating the field move Rock Smash to a visiting trainer, he returns to the city to run his Gym, where he specialises in Rock-type Pokémon.

Recorded claims

Each claim is marked with its basis — explicit canon, MineArchive inference, adaptation only, or fandom interpretation — and attached to the source(s) below. Where tellings disagree, both are kept.

• Oreburgh's coal is widely described in-game as the richest quality in the world. (MineArchive inference, low) ¹
• Roark, the mine's own foreman, is also Oreburgh's Gym Leader, and can be found working at the bottom of the mine before returning to run his Gym. (MineArchive inference, medium) ¹

Sources

1. (interpretation) Oreburgh Mine — Bulbapedia

Record created: 25 August 2026 · Last researched: 25 August 2026