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Mining

Riding atop the train.

Choum, Mauritania

Mauritania Railway

Climb atop one of the world's longest and heaviest trains for an unbelievable journey across the Sahara Desert.

Burke Ghost Town.

Burke Ghost Town

A mining town, now abandoned, was built in a canyon so narrow that the railroad ran right through the hotel lobby.

A cemetery surrounded by a coal mine in West Virginia.

The Mountaintop Cemeteries Surrounded by Coal Mines

Hard to access and hemmed in by explosive activity, these graveyards are stuck in limbo.

Jessica Leigh Hester October 30, 2018

Morenci, Arizona

Morenci Mine

The largest copper mine in Arizona, this enormous open pit emerges from the hills like an alien landscape.

Aliki ancient marble quarry.

Aliki Ancient Marble Quarry

The partially submerged ruins of a white marble quarry used in ancient Greece for over 1,200 years.

A timeline of tape.

Two Harbors, Minnesota

3M Birthplace Museum

This institution celebrates the happy accidents of uncommon sticktoitiveness.

Aerial view of Fort Egbert.

Fort Egbert

This remote fort on the Yukon River is a vestige of the wild Alaska gold rush.

Sultan the Pit Pony.

Caerphilly, Wales

Sultan the Pit Pony

The enormous earthwork sculpture honors the ponies that lived and worked in the old colliery.

Grisette

Make like a 19th-century Belgian miner and cool off with this refreshing ale.

Ridder, Kazakhstan

Filles Dansantes

A statue of traditional Kazakh dancers adds some beauty to this Soviet-era mining city.

Granite Mine

Philipsburg, Montana

Granite Ghost Town

A little-visited ghost town state park offers a glimpse into Montana’s "Silver Queen."

The Jeffrey Mine in the 1940s.

A Town Named Asbestos Once Produced Most of the World's Asbestos Supply

Asbestos mining in Canada stopped only in the past decade.

Sarah Laskow August 9, 2018

Bevin Boys Memorial.

Burton-on-Trent, England

Bevin Boys Memorial

A long-overdue monument to the forgotten British men drafted into the coal mines during World War II.

One of the coke ovens.

Gallitzin, Pennsylvania

Glenn White Coke Ovens

A hidden piece of Altoona's railroad history in a long-forgotten abandoned town.

Artifacts and information inside the museum.

Last Chance Mining Museum

Impressive artifacts from Juneau's gold mining days fill this mining site-turned-museum.

'Licence Plate House'

Leonora, Australia

Gwalia Ghost Town

This once-booming gold mining hub was basically abandoned overnight.

Buildings in the streets.

Cave del Predil, Italy

Cave del Predil

With its mine closed, this old village is starting to resemble a ghost town.

Nederland Mining Museum.

Nederland, Colorado

Nederland Mining Museum

One of the few surviving Panama Canal steam shovels stands outside a tiny Colorado mining museum.