Families decorating graves for Day of the Dead, Templo de Guadalupe, Real de Catorce, former silver mining town, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

Colliery Pit, Rhondda Heritage Park, Rhondda Valley, South Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Real de Catorce, former silver mining town now popular with tourists, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

Templo de Guadalupe, Real de Catorce, former silver mining town, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

Real de Catorce, former silver mining town, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

Real de Catorce, former silver mining town, San Luis Potosi state, Mexico, North America

Landscape scarred by mining and spoil heaps at former mining settlement where gold and other minerals were extracted, and second highest village in Scotland, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

The historic graveyard at this former mining settlement and second highest village in Scotland, Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

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

View over Salinas de Maras, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

The historic graveyard at this former mining settlement & second highest village in Scotland. Leadhills, South Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

View over Salinas de Maras, Sacred Valley, Peru, South America

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

Old silver mines near Silverton, Colorado, United States of America, North America

Ouray County Courthouse dating from 1888 on 4th Street and 6th Avenue, built during the mining boom period, includes offices, courtroom, sheriff's quarters, jail and a county art collection, Ouray, Colorado, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Horse drawn carriage at Sovereign Hill, re-creation of an 1860s gold-mining township near Ballarat, west of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

A pretty Victorian style mining town known as the Gem of the Rockies (Rocky Mountains) situated at 7800 ft. in the San Juan mountains with 5000 ft. cliffs rising around it, Ouray, Colorado, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Houses, Sofala, historic gold mining town, New South Wales, Australia, Pacific

Village and salt mines at Khewra, Baluchistan, Pakistan, Asia

Cerro Rico, richest hill on earth, historical site of major silver mining, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Old mining village of Culpina between Uyuni and Laguna Colorado, Southwest Highlands, Bolivia, South America

People panning for gold, Sovereign Hill Mining Village, Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, Pacific

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Winsford Rock Salt Mine.

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt.. .

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Winsford Rock Salt Mine.

Winsford, a small village in Cheshire with a mine that supplies nearly 60% of the country's grit salt..

Tourists on an open topped bus pasing an old tin mine near Zennor in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Winsford Rock Salt Mine.

Excursion boat arriving Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

Panoramic view over lake Hallstatt with boats, Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

View over lake Hallstatt to houses at lakeshore, Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

Excursion boat leaving Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

German geologist Kaspar von Wuthenau runs a jewelry stand in gold mining village, Tankavaara, Finland

Aerial shot of Markt with Protestant Christ church, Hallstatt, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria

Port, mining town of Lota, Chile, South America

Main road, mining town of Lota, Chile, South America

Town Tasch Kumyr, a coal mining area in the Tien Shan or heavenly mountains. Asia, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan

A boy helps crush stones in a special stone mill in Sudan. Illegal gold-mining in the region of the fourth cataract of the Nile in northern Sudan. People from the nearby villages work in shallow shafts in the desert. The rocks containing gold are crushed in a special mill. Some of the material is washed with water on the spot but the major part of it is taken to a village. 12/01/2007

Sacks filled with gold dust are put together in Sudan. Illegal gold-mining in the region of the fourth cataract of the Nile in northern Sudan. People from the nearby villages work in shallow shafts in the desert. The rocks containing gold are crushed in a special mill. Some of the material is washed with water on the spot but the major part of it is taken to a village. 12/01/2007

Victorian era church and buildings in Silverton, Colorado, a National Historic Landmark.

Sunset glow on the metal chicken sculpture and signpost on the hill of historic mining town Chicken, Interior Alaska in autumn; Chicken, Alaska, United States of America

National Historical Site, the Pedro Dredge in warm sunset light, Interior Alaska in autumn; Chicken, Alaska, United States of America