User:Brainy J/Mining in popular culture

The mining industry is a recurring theme in popular culture, occurring in film, television, music, literature, and other media.





Literature

 * How Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn (and sources in those articles).
 * The Miner by Natsume Sōseki
 * Works by Bret Harte
 * Rocket Boys (aka October Sky) by Homer Hickam Jr.

Film and television

 * Coal (TV show)
 * The movie Powaqqatsi opens with extensive footage of the Serra Pelada gold mine in Brazil, which was also photographed by Sebastião Salgado – photographs appear in his 1993 book Workers: An Archaeology of the Industrial Age. The general theme here is exploitation of workers (obviously, you'd need a source that says that to avoid WP:OR).
 * Salt of the Earth
 * The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (film)

Music

 * "Daddy's Down in the Mine", by Timbuk3
 * "Sixteen Tons" by Merle Travis (covered by Tennessee Ernie Ford)

Phrases and idioms

 * Data mining
 * Gold digger

Gaming

 * Diggers (video game)
 * Minecraft

Possible sources of information

 * (Mostly about actual mining, rather than cultural issues, but may contain some tidbits. Ask Dricherby if you need to know what's in a video/audio item that's only available in the UK.)