1.   Prospectors mined the region for diamonds.

2.   Both regions are heavily mined.

3.   Garry Phelan, local manager of the company that hopes to mine the region, inspecsd a gold-rich vein.

4.   They are believed to have heavy artillery and many tanks in what is also one of the most heavily mined regions of Afghanistan.

5.   Hytrek said a few dozen live in Katowice provice, a coal mining region with few opportunities for young people.

6.   Miners in Solidarity trade union on Friday broke off negotiations with employers and vowed to step up the five-day strike in the southern mining region of Silesia.

7.   The border region had been mined by the Yugoslav army, the Center also said.