Chiflón del Diablo
In Lota, Chile, the galleries of Chiflón del Diablo extend beneath the Pacific Ocean. Once a coal mine where generations worked in dangerous conditions, the site…
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Eureka
The Eureka Mine, the last active major hard rock gold mine in the Sierra Nevada Mother Lode belt, holds a significant place in history. Originally…
Argentiera
The Argentiera mining village is an almost wholly abandoned mining village about 35 miles from Sassari (Sardinia, Italy). In its heyday, it had more than…
Kelly
It was 1866, and the area was Magdalena Mining District (New Mexico, USA), where J. S. Hutchason discovered some rich lead outcroppings and opened the…
Mount Lyell
Mount Lyell Mining and Railway Company was an Australian mining company formed on 29 March 1893, based in Queenstown, Tasmania. In the early 1890s, the…