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Big mining machines Many large (45,500 ton) Krupps strip mining machines in Germany		03/27/2006	1,173

Monte Kali The salt mountain or also kali mountain is the kali stockpile in Neuhof-Ellers of the K+S Kali GmbH. It is also called in the vernacular "Monte Kali". The stockpile consists of approx 50 million tons predominantly sodium chloride and calcium sulfate and is thus one of the largest dumps of Europe. http://www.rhoenseite.de/galerie/rhoen/kaliberg.html		03/27/2006	453

Silverwood Colliery This is the old Silverwood Colliery near Rotherham. Once held the record for 1 million tonnes of coal produced in a week. Closed down shortly after the miners strike in the 80's.		03/15/2006	294

Rio Narce Gold Mine Gold Mine in the West of Asturias		03/08/2006	376

Grube Messel This is a world cultural heritage, where you can find fossils.		02/28/2006	220

Powerplant Fortuna This powerplant in Niederaussem west of Cologne is a new one that replaced the old brown coal plant. South west you see the remains of the old brown coal briquette factory and their brown coal mines.		02/28/2006	379

Palabora copper mine The largest man-made hole in Africa is located 360 kilometres north-east of South African capital, Pretoria. The Palabora copper mine was excavated open-cast for 38 years: the end-result is easily visible from space: the pit now approaches 2000 metres in diameter and 762 metres deep (more than 230 metres beneath sea level). In 2002 owner Rio Tinto declared the pit's depth meant surface e...		01/05/2006	1,655

Limestone Quarry - Thornton, IL This was at one time the world's largest limestone quarry. Half of the site will soon be used as a reservior for the sewer system during heavy rain situations.		12/26/2005	414

Gravel pits in Corsica Gravel pits and little lake of the Corsica south _near Porto-vecchio		12/26/2005	584

Lazarevac mines Lazarevac open mine. Situated 40 kilometers south from Belgrade, Serbia & Montenegro.		12/09/2005	527

Ursa Major The Black Thunder thermal coal mine, located in the Southern Powder River Basin of Wyoming has the the third-largest dragline ever built, it was assembled on site over a three-year period at a cost of US$50 million. It's name is Ursa Major. More information at: http://www.mining-technology.com/projects/thunder/		12/09/2005	662

a mine, France a mine in the middle of France.		11/27/2005	369

mine, nantes, France A mine near Nantes in France.		11/27/2005	462

Phosphate deposits, Boucraa The phosphate deposits in Boucraa, have been considered Western Sahara's main natural resources. Northwest of the site is the departure of a giant conveyor belt to the port of El Ayoun,100 km away.		11/22/2005	625

Colliery Prosper Haniel The (hard) coal mine “Colliery Prosper Haniel” in Bottrop, Ruhr Area has got four locations: The mines Prosper IV and Prosper V in Kirchhellen (a part of Bottrop), the biggest one: Haniel, near Oberhausen and Prosper II, an abandoned pit near the Coke plant “Prosper”. Here is only coal dressing, the Training and a Monument called „Malakow-Turm”. The colliery's important data: 4.19...		11/22/2005	402

Coal Mine Cole Mine near Eppingen/Gemmingen (GER)		11/20/2005	429

Chuquicamata Chuquicamata is the biggest copper mine in the world. It is located near to Calama city at north of Chile.		11/01/2005	787

Homestake Gold Mine, South Dakota Homestake Gold Mine was the oldest, largest and deepest mine in the Western Hemisphere, reaching more than 8000 feet below the town of Lead.		10/31/2005	1,176

Buffalo Crushed Stone Quarry A very large quarry in Cheektowaga NY. Buffalo Crushed Stone provides crushed stone for construction sites, roadways, and other commerical uses in Western New York.		10/29/2005	198

Ovacik Gold Mine Bergama Ovacik Gold Mine Bergama Izmir TURKEY. From flight between Istanbul and Izmir in 2004. Projection is not so bad but the mine has changed significantly over the time. Thanks for looking.		10/26/2005	884

quarry Nantes France an aggregate quarry in south Nantes, very very close from houses!		10/22/2005	242

Brown coal opencast working, Germany Here you see two (in the north a third one) brown coal opencast workings. They wander to the north. Several villages have been destroid and rebuild on other places.		10/10/2005	471

Open-cut Coal Mine Open-cut Coal Mine, Victoria, Australia.		10/08/2005	491

Open cast coal mine - Borodino The Borodino mine is one of the largest in Siberia.		10/04/2005	374

Oil field in Libya Oil field in the desert		10/03/2005	768