Sewell Mining Town, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Chile, South America

Santa Laura Salpeter mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Atacama desert, Chile, South America

Copper mining headquarters in the former French mining town of Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico, North America

Humberstone Saltpeter Works, UNESCO World Heritage Site, northern Atacama, Chile, South America

Mining grit salt is very different to the traditional image of cramped dark areas and men with pickaxes!.

Headgear in twilight, LWL Museum Zeche Zollern, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Brown coal museum Ferropolis, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, Europe

Machine Shop, LWL Museum Zeche Zollern, Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Shovel excavator in kaolin pit, mining of kaolin, Gebenbach, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavators, Garzweiler lignite mining, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pumping station to extract oil being repaired, wine district, Lower Austria, Austria, Europe

Aerial view, Colani Design, Colani-Ei building, shaft tower, business park Berge-Ost, Pierbusch, Luentec, technology center Luenen former mine Achenbach, commercial area, Luenen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator in the mist, Tagebau Garzweiler open pit mine, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bucket-wheel excavator, lignite mining, Garzweiler, near Jüchen, Erkelenz, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Slag heap, Inden open-cast mining, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Pumpjack as memorial, Zistersdorf, Weinviertel quarter, Lower Austria, Europe

The wooden buildings of the Venus Mill, the buildings housed a tramway for the ore British Columbia Canada

Gravel plant on a branch of the Danube river, Hollerdau region, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Shovel excavator in kaolin pit, mining of kaolin, Gebenbach, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Aerial photo, Phoenix-West, MST.Factory Dortmund, Technology Centre, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Luentec Tower, Colani-egg on a shaft tower in the Technologiezentrum technology center Luenen-Brambauer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Dummy with the equipment of a mine rescuer

Machines in the interior of the Gold Dredge #4 Dawson Yukon Territory Canada

A rotary excavator and a spreader, Tagebau Garzweiler open pit mine, Grevenbroich, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Luentec Tower, Colani-egg on a shaft tower in the Technologiezentrum technology center Luenen-Brambauer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

The wooden buildings of the Venus Mill, the buildings housed a tramway for the ore British Columbia Canada

Aerial photo, Phoenix-West, MST.Factory Dortmund, Technology Centre, Dortmund, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Gold Dredge #4 Dawson Yukon Territory Canada

Oil pump pumping oil, Prairies, Saskatchewan, Canada

Aerial view, Colani Design, Colani-Ei building, shaft tower, business park Berge-Ost, Pierbusch, Luentec, technology center Luenen former mine Achenbach, commercial area, Luenen, Ruhrgebiet region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Giant coal excavator, disused coal mine, Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex, Essen-Stoppenberg, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Luentec Tower, Colani-egg on a shaft tower in the Technologiezentrum technology center Luenen-Brambauer, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

Bus stop with goats in the town Tasch Kumyr, a coal mining area in the Tien Shan or heavenly mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan