Coal Mines

04/12/06, Da Tong, Shanxi Province, China- A coal mine worker was covered with coal dusts on his face at a small coal mine owned by Da Tong Coal Mine Group in Da Tong, Shanxi Province, China.Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #00022397A

04/13/06, Ping Ru Town, Shanxi Province, China-Pin Shuo Antai Dao open coal mine in Ping Ru Town in Shanxi Province, China. They exploded dynamites to remove the earth to reach underground coal mine and dumped the earth, carried by these thousands of trucks, building up a gigantic man-made mountain near Shang Ma Huang Tou Village where residents fear, one day, it will come so close to the village and buried them. Right now the village estimates the distance from the mountain to the village is about 250 meters. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #00022397B

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-Coal mine workers as a truck carrying coal just coming out from underground at Majiagaigou in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

05/30/07, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China- Coal covered water on the ground at a coal mine company in Hongguozi Industrial Zone in Huinong district, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China.Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30043999B

05/30/07, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China- Workers at a coal mine company in Hongguozi Industrial Zone in Huinong district, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China.Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30043999B

05/30/07, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China- Workers at a coal mine company in Hongguozi Industrial Zone in Huinong district, Shuizuishan, Ningxia Province, China.Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30043999B

04/13/06, Village, Shanxi Province, China- Village, Shanxi Province, China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #00022397B

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-Coal mine workers at Majiagaigou in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-Coal mine workers at Majiagaigou in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-A store in front of a Coal Mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-Coal mine workers carried coal to process at Majiagaigou in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-A coal worker, right, bought a cabbage in front of a Coal Mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-A woman, right, was eating noodle on Nianfangwan rotary in Daliuta town in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Nianfangwan rotary has one of the busiest truck traffic and Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

04/14/06, Ping Ru Town, Shanxi Province, China-Zhangsi Yao coal mine, a small coal mine near Shang Ma Huang Tou Village, where man-made mountains from near by Pin Shuo Antai Dao open coal mine in the south threatens the village's existence and Mu Gua Jie coal mine in the north caused sinking lands in the village, in Shanxi Province, China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #00022397C

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-A Coal Mine worker at Majiagaigou after shower in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

05/24/06, Yichang, China-Coal mine workers after work at a coal mine in Yichang, Shanxi Province, China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #30024009B

05/24/06, Yichang, China-Coal mine workers after work at a coal mine in Yichang, Shanxi Province, China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #30024009B

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-A Coal Mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. Shenmu is one of the biggest coal production city in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C

04/12/06, Da Tong, Shanxi Province, China- Gu Dian Steel Factory of Da Tong Coal mine group, exhausted unknown smokes from it's chimney in Da Tong city, Shanxi Province, China. The factory uses coal to generate power and locals believe the smoke from the factory contribute significantly to air pollution in the region. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment #00022397A

06/08/07, Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China-Wujiata Strip coal mine is operating 24 hours a day in Shenmu, Shaanxi Province, China. It's one of the biggest strip coal mine in China. Photo Credit: Chang W. Lee/The New York Times Assignment# 30044687C