Daily Life in China                  

Chinese Coal fields:

Small coal mines dot the landscape in the coal regions of Hubei, Henan, Shanxi and other provinces.  They are all similar.  There is a motor under the tall structure to pull up a metal line which runs down into the mine.  The line in this picture runs from the top of the structure to the building in the foreground which covers the mine shaft A zillion small coal mines add up.  These small mines don't have much space for storage so trucks are are constantly coming into the area taking away coal.