J.B. Russell

Reportage: China Coal Boom: China Coal Pollution

Coal miners drinking between work shifts at the Jinhuagong mine. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents.Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China.Photo © J.B. Russell
China Coal Pollution, November 2005
Coal miners drinking between work shifts at the Jinhuagong mine. Mining is the country's most dangerous profession. Officially, more than 6000 miners, and as many as 20,000 by some estimates, are killed every year in accidents.
Dàtóng, Shanxi Province, China.
Photo © J.B. Russell