Includes activities and sites where mining is taking place. Search also under the subdivision --INDUSTRIES used with names of indigenous peoples (Appendix A).
Broader Terms
Processes & techniques (5650)
Narrower Terms
Gold mining (204),
Coal mining (16),
Hydraulic mining (16),
Quartz mining (3),
Phosphate mining (2),
Abandoned mines (1),
Salt mining (1)
Related Terms
Industry (2122),
Mine railroads (2),
Mineral deposits (96),
Minerals (78),
Miners (40),
Mining camps (3),
Mining equipment (112),
Prospecting (5),
Quarrying (10),
Tailings embankments (1)
Used for
Mines
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