Resources-exhausted cities confront lots of issues in development. Transformation through industrial heritage tourism may provide a new choice. This paper analyzes the concepts of industrial heritage tourism development in resources-exhausted cities from adjusting tourism recognition, deeply digging resources connotation and mastering products market in Huangshi state mine park, and presents suggestions on reshaping tourism image which overwrites the past negative influence, and activating tourism resources which is key in resolving insufficient tourism resources. Approaches are presented to industrial heritage tourism development in Huangshi state mine park, in activating brown fields, changing traditional tourism recognition, using heritage developing model, digging mine and metallurgical cultures, innovating tourism products and mastering marketing.