450-4029 - Settlement under calcium carbonate mine at Barz, near Abyaneh, Iran, Middle East

832-304570 - Abandoned settlement at a silver mine, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

832-265129 - Gatehouse of the Schievenfeld coal mine settlement, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-245049 - Hessler Zechensiedlung Klappheckenhof, settlement for mine workers, snow, Gelsenkirchen, Ruhr Area, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

832-125240 - Malakowturm tower of the disused Zeche Prosper coal mine, today a museum, cultural center, located on the grounds of the former Zeche Prosper coke plant, mining settlement on Steigerstrasse street in Bottrop, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Europe

1113-61243 - Opal stone close-up, Lightning Ridge, opal settlement, New South Wales, Australia

1113-61247 - opal rings on hand, NSW, Australia

1113-61245 - Mining shaft, Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia

1113-61242 - Visitor searching for opals, opal mining fields, Aboriginal Land, Stuart Highway near Marla Opalsiedlung, South Australia

1113-61248 - Underground mine of the family Bevan in Lightning Ridge, near the Queensland border, opal settlement, New South Wales, Australia

1113-61239 - Two older men searching for opals, opal mining fields, Aboriginal Land, Stuart Highway near Marla Opalsiedlung, South Australia

1113-61237 - Character from Lightning Ridge, opal town, New South Wales, Australia

1113-61252 - advertising sign, car wreck Lightning Ridge, NSW, Australia

1191-27 - Ruins, namibia. Elizabeth bay. Remains of diamond mining settlement

1191-9 - Ruins, namibia. Elizabeth bay. Remains of diamond mining settlement

1196-94 - Mongolia. In late early sarangol a flourishing town lived in by some 5,000 soviet-mongol miners. mine been shut down leaving behind ninjas named green pans they wear on their back that make them resemble cartoon ninja turtles. ninjas, income earned from specks of gold clawed from river is a social safety in vast central asian country where more than on in three live below poverty line

851-130 - The old mining ghost town of Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site, famously linked to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Bolivia, South America

851-131 - The old mining ghost town of Pulacayo, Industrial Heritage Site, famously linked to Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Bolivia, South America

797-3959 - BRAZIL Mato Grosso Peixoto de Azevedo Gold mine on former Panara territory showing miners settlement and mercury washing pools deforestation and pollution.Garimpeiro prospectors have displaced the Panara formerly known as Kreen-Akrore Krenhakarore Krenakore Krenakarore Amazon American Brasil Brazilian Ecology Entorno Environmental Environment Green Issues Kreen Akore Latin America Latino Scenic South America