This coal-mining town, north of the Arctic Circle, was founded as a labor camp.

位于北极圈北部的这个煤矿小镇创建时是一个劳改场所。

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Chiufen, an old gold-mining town northeast of Taipei, is crammed with tourists on weekends.

位于台北东北方的产金古镇——九份在周末时经常涌入大批游客。

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He added that he knew what inequality felt like after spending his childhood in a mining town in Wales.

他又说，他知道不平等的感觉是怎么样的，因为他的童年就是在威尔士的一个矿业小镇度过的。

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We arrive at Oatman,Arizona. Long ago,Oatman was a rich gold-mining town.

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(SAYING) Kowa says the local mining is responsible for the town's rapid population increase.

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Baomahun's chief,Joseph Kowa, says artisanal gold mining has transformed the town.

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British diplomats who last month visited Norilsk, an isolated northern mining town, were asked for food aid.

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What had once been a mining town with about 17, 000 inhabitants had now dwindled to barely 3, 000 residents.

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Johannesburg's early days as a gold-mining town, and the ensuing mass urbanisation, left an acrid legacy in the form of Apartheid.

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