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Miners working at Simmer & Jack gold mine in Germiston, South Africa. Vintage photo etching circa 19th century.
Cerro Rico is a mountain in the Andes near the Bolivian city of Potosí. It is estimated that eighty-five percent of the silver produced in the central Andes during the period of the New World Spanish Empire came from the mines at Cerro Rico. Up to 8 million workers died until now in the mines of Cerro Rico.
Kennecott Bingham Copper Mine in Salt Lake City, Utah. A large 24/7 copper mine operating in the Southwest of the United States. Has been in operation for over 120 years.
Oil field drills aerial view
Chalky mine tunnel with traces of drilling machine, Belgorod, Russia.
Portsmouth Mine an open pit iron and manganese mine, Crosby, Minnesota, USA. The pit has since filled with water and is called the Portsmouth Mine Pit Lake. Photo taken in 1957.
Tanami Desert, Northern Territory, Australia, May 20, 1995: View of large ball mill used to crush ore at a gold mine processing plant in the Tanami Desert
Latin American miner working at the mine digging with a pick - mining concepts
The Impact of coal mining on the environment. The mining location was abandoned without reclamation. Location: Sangatta, East Kalimantan/Indonesia.
Headframe and mine building of the former Delprat mine under Line of Lode Miners Memorial. Broken Hill
Metal barrel with pipes in the mountains.
Mining at Kambalda Western Australia's open cut nickel mine.
Anaconda Smelter Stack and train depot, Anaconda, Montana, USA
Looking down the length of a gypsum mining tunnel (adit) inside an abandoned quarry.
Potosi, Bolivia - September 7, 2009: Miners in the Silver mine look down a basic mineshaft during a tour of the silver mine which has been in operation since the town was founded in 1546.
Horizontal close-up shot of a 1970s oil pumping rig.
View through tunnel of levada, water irrigation channel at hiking trail Levada do moinho to levada nova waterfall. Madeira, Portugal.
mining natural resources
Two hillside water storage tanks at Mount Charleston, Clark County Nevada.
Old headframe at closed open pit copper mine in Rocky Mountains of Montana
Johannesburg, South Africa – April 01, 2024: Three miners inspecting something in a vintage mine photograph
Illustration from 19th century.
Potosi, Bolivia – June 08, 2016: Two miners push a cart filled with ore through a tight shaft of a mine in Cerro Rico.
Rustical fence restricts cattle stable in canyon
Falun, Sweden - Mining Area of the Great Copper Mountain, UNESCO World Heritage Site. The are an outstanding example of a technological ensemble with a historical industrial landscape
Litter in the desert, old rusty cans in Valley of the Gods. Spoiled nature by inconsiderate visitors. Can likely in the wild scenery for many years since arid climate would slow the aging process.
Working in stone quarries
Rusted water valve wheels stand over an irrigation ditch at the nearly dried out reservoir of Blue Lake and Adobe Creek Reservoir State Wildlife Area in southeast Colorado. Severe drought has plagued the area for years where water remains in the center of the drying reservoir.
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