832-357568 - Placer mining, gold panning at the Klondike, Dawson City, Yukon Territory, Canada

832-211923 - The Patriot Coal Corporation's Samples mine, which uses the technique of mountaintop removal to mine coal. The mountain tops are stripped away and dumped in valleys to get at the coal below. The Samples mine has been temporarily closed due to declining de

832-123312 - Gravel plant on a branch of the Danube river, Hollerdau region, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

911-8657 - A sand and gravel strip mine producing materials to support the tar sands industry on Highway 63, Alberta, Canada, North America

857-37540 - Aerial view of a gravel quarry operation near Marietta, SC.