Mauritania, Industry, Mining, Iron mine terraced slope distant machinery and drifting dust clouds.

England, Cornwall, Industry, Open cast china clay mine.

England, Cornwall, Industry, Open cast china clay mine.

England, Cornwall, Industry, Open cast china clay mine.

Ireland, County Waterford, Tankardstown, Abandoned copper mine with the engine house ruin.

Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish Mining Museum, water pump.

Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish Mining Museum, display 1500 ft down the mine to the mine head.

Scotland, Edinburgh, Scottish Mining Museum, mural.

Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen,Valley side, Old coal mine and cable way.

Norway, Svalbard, Longyearbyen valley side, Scree slopes, strata, snow, old coal mine.

Norway, Svalbard, Pyramiden, Russian settlement, Accommodation blocks at Pyramid built from locally made bricks, Block in the foreground is wooden-clad to improve insulation, Pyramid mountain, coal mi...

Russia, Siberia, Ost Nera, open cast gold mine in a wide valley.