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Empty train stretching into the distance, awaiting iron ore

Train of empty cars at the Brockman 4 mine in Western Australia, awaiting filling with iron ore

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Crew of miners and lunchpails at the Tamarack Mine, Copper Country, Michigan, USA

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Headframe on the Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the Ruhr region of Germany.

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Asbestos tailings mountain

Mountain of tailings from an asbestos mine, Quebec, Canada

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Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah, United States, photographed in 1942.

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Samples of cassiterite, a key ore of the metal tin

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Polished opal from a mine in Queensland, Australia

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A nugget of native platinum from the Kondyor Massif, Russia

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Underground horse mill from the Wieliczka Salt Mine in Wieliczka, Poland, a salt mine worked for over six centuries

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The landscape of Las Médulas in Spain, resulting from centuries of ruina montium gold mining by the Ancient Romans

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Rusting remains of machinery at the defunct Bois du Cazier colliery in Belgium, site of a major mining accident in 1956

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Ruined headframe of the Yankee Girl mine, San Juan Mountains, Colorado

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Locomotive hauls empty sulfuric acid tank cars (used in copper refining) on the grade between Montadon and Codelcos Potrerillos plant, Chile.

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Train of empty iron ore cars on the Iron Ore Line between Abisko and Kiruna in Sweden.