Daily life in Soton, the historic mining pit in Spain near Langreo, northern Spain, on February 28, 2017. Three thousand people have been miners for a day and experienced the sensation of working hundreds of meters deep extracting coal in the Sotón well, converted into a tourist attraction a year and a half ago and by which more visitors have passed than workers are left Active in the sector in Spain. The conversion of the coal industry, which in the 1990s still employed more than 50,000 workers, has led the leading company in the sector, the public Hunosa, to design diversification activities
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Daily life in Soton, the historic mining pit in Spain near Langreo, northern Spain, on February 28, 2017. Three thousand people have been miners for a day and experienced the sensation of working hundreds of meters deep extracting coal in the Sotón well, converted into a tourist attraction a year and a half ago and by which more visitors have passed than workers are left Active in the sector in Spain. The conversion of the coal industry, which in the 1990s still employed more than 50, 000 workers, has led the leading company in the sector, the public Hunosa, to design diversification activities, including tourism, focused on a Operation closed since 2014. (Photo by Alvaro Fuente/NurPhoto) *** Please Use Credit from Credit Field ***