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In past times humans undertook quarrying for building stone and tool makingTool making, miningMining for minerals, excavation of peatPeat for fuel, and exploitation of salt depositsSalt deposits. Key sites include granite quarries at AswanAswan, Egypt in EgyptEgypt; flintFlint quarries in EnglandEngland; peatPeat excavationsNorfolk Broads, England (as in the Norfolk Broads); quarries for the stones of StonehengeStonehenge, England; lead mines in northern England; salt ponds and mines in the Andes and BulgariaBulgaria; silver mines in GreeceGreece; nitrate minesNitrate mining in the Atacama DesertAtacama Desert of ChileChile; shale mines in ScotlandScotland; and gold mines in Victoria, AustraliaAustralia.

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Mines, Quarries, and Salterns

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    2025年

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  • Andrew Goudie

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In past times humans undertook quarrying for building stone and tool makingTool making, miningMining for minerals, excavation of peatPeat for fuel, and exploitation of salt depositsSalt deposits. Key sites include granite quarries at AswanAswan, Egypt in EgyptEgypt; flintFlint quarries in EnglandEngland; peatPeat excavationsNorfolk Broads, England (as in the Norfolk Broads); quarries for the stones of StonehengeStonehenge, England; lead mines in northern England; salt ponds and mines in the Andes and BulgariaBulgaria; silver mines in GreeceGreece; nitrate minesNitrate mining in the Atacama DesertAtacama Desert of ChileChile; shale mines in ScotlandScotland; and gold mines in Victoria, AustraliaAustralia.