History Of Mining

This ASMR story is an exploration of the history of mining, from prehistory to our times. I tell you about the first extraction sites for stones or pigments in the Paleolithic, how mining developed during the Bronze and Iron Ages, through medieval times, and finally how it entered modernity. Mining continues to be vital to modern economies, and also transformed industrialized societies since the Industrial Revolution, as miners developed a new identity and fought for more rights in social conflicts that often spilled over to the rest of society.