The city is seeking state approval to open a 100-acre landfill in another former mine.

Another walk leads visitors to a former mine site.

The former mine pit is covered with lily plants for the ceremony.

"Workers from Lesotho work 10 times harder than others," a former mine engineer said.

In a shoulder bag on the body of the former mine manager up in the snow.

The park contains a former mine which is open to the public and a cliffside cafe.

The former mine is now a lake which is popular as a swimming pool.

Luossavaara is a former mine and now used as a skiing slope.

A group of former mine workers and their relatives snorted scornfully when asked if they were happy with the government's response.

The site was once a former mine depot established in 1921 by the Ministry of Defence.

In 2001, the Province reached a $30 million settlement with the successors to the former mine owners.

"This is my right," the former mine manager snarled.

The former mine railway, which starts at the harbour is now a walking and biking trail.

More recent housing situated on the steep flank of the mountain itself near the former mines.

The shops proceeded to close one by one, and the former mine site was developed into a housing estate.

Of historical significance is the former mine in the area of the Kelchalm.

The former mine is now a museum.

In the underground shafts of the former mines a feverish activity unfolded.

Some of the ruins of former mines and structures include:

A granite quarry is still in operation in the northeast, not far from the former mine site.

Startled, the former mine manager looked up.

The former mine is situated about 4 kilometres from an ancient temple dedicated to Hathor.

Today, many towns in subarctic Russia are declining precipitously as former mines close.

In 1991, the mine was reopened by a consortium which included many of the former mine workers as shareholders.

Tours are guided by former mine workers.