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Colourful shop fronts on Greene Street in Old West style mining town of Silverton in the San Juan Range of the Rocky Mountains, Silverton, Colorado, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

A rock climber ascends a cliff face formed by historic quarrying at Bole hill quarry on an autumn day in the Peak District, Derbyshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Red brick buildings, ruins of the industrial quarrying activity near to Porthgain harbour, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Aerial view of one of only three permitted uranium mines in Australia (share of profits go to aboriginal landowners), Ranger Uranium mine, Kakadu National Park, Northern Territory, Australia

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

Mine working and spoil tip remains, Dinorwig Quarry (Dinorwic Quarry), Llyn Peris behind, Eryri (Snowdonia National Park), North Wales, United Kingdom

Detail of a ruined building in diamond mining ghost town, Kolmanskop, Namib Desert, Luderitz, Namibia, Africa

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

Open pit mine, the largest in the world, pit is 3800m across and 720m deep, Bingham Canyon Copper Mine, Utah, USA

Bingham Canyon copper mine, largest man-made hole in the world, United States of America, North America

Chuqui open-pit copper mine, 4km long, 720m d eep, trucks each carrying 300t of ore, Chuquicamata, Calama, Chile, South America

Easdale Island from Bar Mor, old slate quarrying village separated from Seil Island by the Sound of Easdale, with Mull beyond, Seil Island, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Quarry for highly prized Pearl Marble, a major export, used in the Kennedy Center New York, Custonaci, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Quarry for highly prized Pearl Marble, a major export, used in the Kennedy Center New York, Custonaci, Trapani, Sicily, Italy, Europe

Mine in Cerro Rico, richest hill on earth, hand mining of silver and zinc today, Potosi, Bolivia, South America

Scenes of working life in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland

A hiker walks through the abandoned Croesor Slate Mines, Croesor, Gwynedd, Snowdonia National Park, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Scenes of working life in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland

Penrhyn quarry, the largest slate quarry in Wales, Bethesda, Snowdonia, North Wales, Wales, United Kingdom, Europe

Men walking past clean faces for block extraction in granite quarry, Budduro, Sardinia, Italy, Europe

Old ochre mines, near Roussillon, Colorado de Rustrel, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence, France, Europe

The Skye marble quarry at Torrin on the Strathaird Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

Excavating volcanic Scoria rock from the Seydisholar cone for road building material, near Selfoss, Iceland, Polar Regions

Scoria depsoits quarried from the Seydisholar scoria volcanic cone being used for road stone to create a network of tracks for new holiday cabins near Selfoss in Iceland, Polar Regions

Excavating volcanic Scoria rock from the Seydisholar cone for road building material, near Selfoss, Iceland, Polar Regions

An old slate quarry above Chapel Stile, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Slate quarries in Elterwater in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Slate quarries in Elterwater in the Langdale Valley, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Elterwater slate quarry above Chapel Stile, in the Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe