silver mining
Precious metal excavation
Silver mining is the extraction of silver ore from the earth, typically through underground tunnels or open-pit excavation.
The industry has shaped economies and settlement patterns throughout history, from ancient civilizations to the American West: The town grew up around silver mining operations.
The term covers both the physical process and the broader commercial enterprise.
- argentiteSilver sulfide ore
- galenaSulfide ore of lead
- lodeMineral-rich rock seam
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
- ghost townDeserted former inhabited place
boom and bust · Comstock Lode · prospecting · pay dirt · blasting · refining · amalgamation · Spanish Empire · ore · rock · mine · shaft · water pollution control · vein · refinery · dynamite · ore cart · drill
- US Miningcoal miner, prospector, prospecting, mine shaft, open pit
- Mining Industrygold miners
- Peru Economyfishmeal, quinoa, alpaca wool, sol, petroleum
- Ancient IberiaHispania, Iberian Peninsula, Lusitania, Iberians, Celts
- Colonial La PlataBuenos Aires, Montevideo, viceroyalty, Spanish colony, colonial era
- Latin American Economicsimport substitution, debt crisis, hyperinflation, foreign debt, export economy
metal type
silver mininggold mining
Extracting precious ore
gold panning · copper mining · iron mining · coal mining · diamond mining