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PMR222-05 Austria, Styria: the Erzberg (Iron Mountain) is composed almost entirely of iron ore and has beeb continuously mined since the Middle Ages. It provides Austria with 90% of its iron ore, and is graduall shrinking - from 1536 metres originally, to 1465 metres in 1985. Keywords: industry, raw materials, terraces, excavation
PMR160-05 U.S.A., California: Death Valley National Park, at 86 metres below sea level, the second lowest place in the western hemisphere. "Old Dinah", a veteran steam tractor used by miners for transporting extracted borax ore, dating from 1894. Keywords: desert, dry, salt flats, colourful, mineral deposits, drought, landscape, parched, mountains, rock formations, spectacular, locomotive, machinery
PMR159-04 U.S.A., California: Death Valley National Park, at 86 metres below sea level, the second lowest place in the western hemisphere. U.S.A., California: Death Valley National Park, at 86 metres below sea level, the second lowest place in the western hemisphere. Yellow earth is coloured by the iron ores it contains. Keywords: desert, dry, salt flats, colourful, mineral deposits, drought, landscape, parched, mountains, rock formations, spectacular
PMR454-07 Austria, Styria, Eisenerz: the Iron Mountain (Erzberg) is composed entirely of iron ore and has been mined since the Middle Ages. 17.5 million tonnes of ore are extracted annually to supply the Styrian iron industry. Keywords: alpine, open-cast, terraces, steel industry, geological, geology, alpine scenery, mountain range
PMR102K-06 Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. A wooden wagon full of ore nodules, the usual means of transport inside the works. Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter
PMR102K-05 Chile, Tarapacá: Humberstone Saltpetre Works which produced saltpetre and iodene from 1864 until 1960 when it closed its gates due to falling demand. The works and the deserted company town are now an industrial museum. A UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2005. Some of the giant steel pans where the ore was heated with water to obtain saltpetre crystals (later replaced with more modern processes). Keywords: ghost town, mining industry, workers' town, pampinos, saltpeter
PMR027K-31 Australia, Western Australia: Iron ore terminal at Port Hedland, with landing jetty and a large ore carrier moored in the background. Keywords: conveyance of iron ore, minerals, mining, BHP, natural resources
PMR558-1 Australia, Western Australia, Dampier: Commercial shipping in the roads, with palm trees in the foreground. Keywords: tropical, ship, anchored, mineral extraction, ore carriers
PMR541-8 Kutná Hora prospered in the 14th and 15th centuries due to its silver mines and the authorisation to mint silver coin. Here: an oriel in the courtyrd of the Vlasský dvur (Italian Court), a fortified building where the silver ore was stored in the late 13th century. Keywords: historic town, heritage, picturesque town

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