1905. (The Premier Mine was renamed the Cullinan Mine in 2003.) However, its owner refused to join the De Beers cartel. Instead, the mine started selling...

The mine was established in the 16th century and operated until the 19th century. Kollur Mine operated between the 16th and mid-19th centuries, and was...

naval mine. Although this is the rotating steel wheel's first use in naval mines, Jiao Yu described their use for land mines in the 14th century. The first...

early 17th-century construction of the Val-de-Grâce hospital (most of its building expenses were due to its foundations), but a series of mine cave-ins...

The Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine (also known by similar names) is, according to legend, a rich gold mine hidden in the Southwestern United States. The location...

antiquity. The mine continuously produced table salt from the Middle Ages, the mine being first mentioned in 1075, to the early–20th century (1932). The...

Mines Paris – PSL, officially École nationale supérieure des mines de Paris (until May 2022 Mines ParisTech, also known as École des mines de Paris, ENSMP...

Miné de Klerk (born 30 March 2003) is a South African athlete who specializes in the shot put and discus throw. She was the double medallist at both the...

The Kimberley Mine or Tim Kuilmine (Afrikaans: Groot Gat) is an open-pit and underground mine in Kimberley, South Africa, and claimed to be the deepest...

Enemy Mine is a 1985 American science fiction film directed by Wolfgang Petersen and written by Edward Khmara, based on Barry B. Longyear's novella of...

Demining or mine clearance is the process of removing land mines from an area. In military operations, the object is to rapidly clear a path through a...

Cerro Rico de Potosí began in 1545 by the Spanish Empire. Between the 16th and 18th century, 80% of the world's silver supply came out of this mine. After...

Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...

predecessors. At other mines, such as on the island of Thassos, marble was quarried by the Parians after they arrived in the 7th century BC. The marble was...

"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United...

The mines of Paris (French: carrières de Paris – "quarries of Paris") comprise a number of abandoned, subterranean mines under Paris, France, connected...

Cullinan (formerly Premier) mine alone has produced 135 diamonds larger than 200 carats since mining commenced.[citation needed] De Beers generally does not...

A mine railway (or mine railroad, U.S.), sometimes pit railway, is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine. Materials...

Chivor emerald mine Lost diamond mine of Vicente Guerrero Lost Naranjal mine, Durango Planchas de Plata, Sonora, (sometimes called Bolas de Plata). Tayopa...

anti-personnel mine or anti-personnel landmine (APL) is a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to an anti-tank mine, which target vehicles...

early civilizations around Ancient Greece. In recent centuries, large deposits were discovered and mined in the Americas, influencing the growth and development...

choo-kee-kə-MAH-tə; referred to as Chuqui for short) is the largest open pit copper mine in terms of excavated volume in the world.[citation needed] It is located...

is the worst mining accident in the 21st century so far. 301 people died. January 6, 2019: 2019 Kohistan mine collapse, Afghanistan. The accident killed...

The DeLamar Mine was an open-pit silver and gold mine in Owyhee County in southwest Idaho, which operated from 1977 to 1998. John Guilbert and Charles...

region of France. It is the only mine in the coalfield dug in the 20th century, and also the only one dug by Électricité de France. It operated from 1950...

The Argyle Diamond Mine was a diamond mine located in the East Kimberley region in the remote north of Western Australia. Argyle was at times the largest...

The Khewra Salt Mine (Punjabi, Urdu: کھیوڑہ نمک کان), also known as Mayo Salt Mine, is the world's second largest salt mine, located in Khewra, Punjab...

nabu-aachen-land.de: Bergehalden im Aachener Revier "Is Beijing Manipulating Air Pollution Statistics?", Time, 14 March 2008 (retrieved 17 March 2008) "Coal mine fired...

from the mid-19th century until 1958, when the mines closed. Following the closure, the station was dismantled. By the early 21st century, the site of the...

de Minas de Guanajuato” and became an “intendencia” (province) in 1790 because of the abundance of riches coming from its mines. In the 18th century,...