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  • Mining infrastructure above Sveagruva, site of the Svea Nord longwall mine, the largest coal mine on the Svalbard archipelago.
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  • Remains of a narrow gauge railway with a rusted carriage on the beach at Calypsobyen, Svalbard, site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s. Structures and a barge are visible in the distance.
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  • Building complex and old train tracks at the independence Mine State Historical Park, Matanuska Valley, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
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  • Building complex and old train tracks at the independence Mine State Historical Park, Matanuska Valley, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
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  • The ruins of the Madonna Mine near Monarch Pass, Colorado. The ore contained silver, lead and iron, and limestone was quarried from the slopes above.
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  • Ruins of mine scaffolding in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
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  • Remains of the abandoned Coal Mine no. 2 on a hillside above Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
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  • A floating Vietnamese mechanical gold dredge leaves a wake of tailing piles in the Nam Ou River, Laos.
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  • Robert Hahn (center) chats with Vietnamese workers, while drinking a Vietnamese beer, on a mechanical gold dredge floating on the Nam Ou River, Laos. Six men live on the vessel for months, rotating throughout the day and working in pairs to keep the machine in constant operation.
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  • Aerial view of a riverside sand and gravel quarry on Kauai, Hawaii.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay abandoned in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay abandoned in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay in ruins in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay abandoned in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay abandoned in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Remains of the El Boleo French mining company, never dismantled, lay abandoned in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. The company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 and operated a large copper mine till 1954. Korea Exim bank and Baja Mining Corporation, a Canadian mining company, joined together in 2008 to redevelop Mexico's largest copper mine, which also contains reserves of cobalt, zinc and other minerals. Production is expected to begin in 2010.
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  • Craig Weiland looks out the window of a mine ruin on the ridge above Independence Mine State Historical Park, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
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  • The town and mine buildings of Kennecott, Alaska are highlighted at sunset beneath dramatic Bonanza Ridge. The remains of Jumbo Mine (left) and Bonanza Mine, popular dayhiking destinations in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park, are just barely visible in the high cirques above the town.
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  • Red fireweed and green tundra vegetation above the Independence Mine State Historical Park, Matanuska Valley, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
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  • The impressive structures of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine in Kennecott, Alaska.
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  • The impressive structures of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine in Kennecott, Alaska.
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  • St. Elias Alpine Guides tour guide Ben Wilcox points enthusiastically during a tour of the impressive mill building in Kennecott, Alaska, site of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine.
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  • The Kennicott Glacier Lodge in Kennecott, Alaska.
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  • Mass is held in the metal church at Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 25, 2009. Supposedly designed by Gustave Eiffel and shown in the 1889 Paris Universal Exposition, it was later purchased disassembled in Belgium by the director of El Boleo. The french mining company founded Santa Rosalia in 1884 where it operated a large copper mine until 1954.
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  • Remains of wood barges on the beach at Calypsobyen, Svalbard, site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s.
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  • Hull of a wooden barge covered in colorful lichen at the abandoned coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in Calypsobyen, Svalbard in the early 1900s.
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  • Top view of the 240 year old Santa Prisca Cathedral (during renovations) in the silver mining city of Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico.
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  • View of the rooftops of the old silver mining city of Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico.
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  • An abandoned building on the coast at Calypsobyen, Svalbard, site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s.
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  • An abandoned building on the coast at Calypsobyen, Svalbard, site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s.
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  • A wood barge and small structures, part of the coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in Calypsobyen, Svalbard in the early 1900s.
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  • Hull of a wooden barge covered in colorful lichen at the abandoned coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in Calypsobyen, Svalbard in the early 1900s.
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  • The Parquilla de Ghavarieta Church in the silver mining city of Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico.
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  • Men stand outside the main barracks building at Calypsobyen, Svalbard, site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s. Polish researchers have used the site for field operations every summer since 1986.
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  • Men explore the coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in Calypsobyen, Svalbard in the early 1900s.
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  • The 240 year old Santa Prisca Cathedral, at sunset, in the silver mining city of Taxco, Guerrero State, Mexico.
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  • A man removes a batch of cookies from the bread oven at Panaderia El Boleo in Santa Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico on January 26, 2009. Founded in 1901 as a French bakery during the years of the French El Boleo Mining Company, it now continues as a Mexican bakery with little change to the building or the equipment.
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  • Marcin Tukalski, student at the University of Silesia (right) sits down with geologist Grzegorz Gajek outside the main barracks building in Calypsobyen, Svalbard. Site of a coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in the early 1900s, the structures are now used as a summer field station by Polish researchers.
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  • The telegraph building (which never became operational), part of the coal mining operation erected by the British Northern Exploration Company in Calypsobyen, Svalbard in the early 1900s.
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  • Crumbling mine ruins at the Independence Mine State Historical Park, Matanuska Valley, Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska.
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  • HIker Craig Weiland walks up a ridge high above Independence Mine State Historical Park and the Matanuska Valley in the Talkeetna Mountains near Hatcher Pass, Alaska.
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  • Hiker Craig Weilands stands on a rock outcrop looking down at the Independence Mine State Historical Park and the Matanuska Valley from the Talkeetna Mountains near Hatcher Pass, Alaska.
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  • Hiker Craig Weilands stands on a rock outcrop looking down at the Independence Mine State Historical Park in the Talkeetna Mountains near Hatcher Pass, Alaska.
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  • Inside the abandoned Coal Mine no. 2 on a hillside above Longyearbyen, Svalbard.
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  • Detail of wooden parts used in separating the copper ore as it traveled through the mill building in Kennecott, Alaska, site of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine.
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  • Parmenter Welty explores the power plant in Kennecott, Alaska, site of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine.
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  • Tourists put on hard hats in preparation for a tour of the mill building with St. Elias Alpine Guides in Kennecott, Alaska, site of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine.
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  • Hiker Craig Weiland encounters a white cross in the Talkeetna Mountains above Independence Mine State Historical Park, Matanuska Valley, Alaska.
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  • St. Elias Alpine Guides tour guide Ben Wilcox holds out a sample of copper ore during a tour of the impressive mill building in Kennecott, Alaska, site of the historic Kennecott Copper Mine.
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