Both are images of the past, ghosts industry of the now defunct far from the life of the 21st century - this is why the emergence of 33 Chilean exhilarating a hole in the ground came as a little surprise to the public this week.
As it turns out that mining do more after all, but a global industry employing trillion of 43 million people.
Modern technology may have done away with the need to pick axes and asses, but there are places that still rely on men crawling through tunnels in search of more and more scarce commodities.
For these men, it is apparently worth braving the extremely poor security conditions in exchange for a 20pc than copper average salary miner in the South American nation.
Men rescued in San José, worked in a copper mine - and the Chile is the world number one producer of base metal which saw higher prices for the months.
Euphoria at the Chile is likely to die before long, when the miners returned to their wives and maîtresses.Mais there is still much to be happy about for mining giants.
Department of mines Chile closed mines around 300 since the accident, concerned about the risk of disasters plus.Cependant, this is unlikely to have a major impact on the output of the country.
Product Chile one-third of the world copper around 95pc this is operated by the Corporation, Codelco and BHP Billiton - are under threat of all major international stops in their operations.
Meanwhile, prices are currently at a maximum of 27 months $ 8,490 per tonne and 5MC just below the record copper reached in 2008.
Whereas the weakness of the dollar has provided a boost short-term all precious metals and base, some have increased more rapidly than others - and that includes copper.
Two largest copper producers worldwide, Codelco and Freeport-McMoRan copper and gold, warned this week supply "very tight" next year.
The reasons for this are deteriorating mining, metal of inferior quality and lack of investment in their factory.
It is not only production is declining, but demand is rising.Even today, there are in China and the London Metal Exchange low inventory levels.
Most copper goes into the construction and electrical equipment.
But demand for copper in the future of conduct will be consumers want to buy more environmentally friendly hybrid cars that use twice the amount of copper because they have an electric motor as a motor.
In addition to this, a recent report by the International Copper study demand for red metal Groupsays increase by 3 81pc this year and 4 49pc next year, but Rio Tinto mining giant believes current projects can only supports 3pc growth rates.
It has really been driving the massive rise in base metals copper and providing a boost to the mining industry as a whole.
"FTSE index mining has outperformed FTSE100 stock by 15pc 35pc increase since June, index," said Nick "Metals" Moore, an analyst at RBS products.Antofagasta led the charge with a gain of 71pc, with the company offering price copper exposure, volume growth and position solid balance sheet.
"Other copper producers also increased further to 50pc investors leverage a premium to other miners at the back of the strong fundamental underlying and extremely optimistic market copper pure-play business copper consensus".
Goldman Sachs has higher than forecast in city analysts arguing that commercial copper 35pc higher than $11 per tonne in 12 mois.Il advised customers purchase contract from December 2011 as demand will probably lead to shortages of metal next year.
And there lies the reason as industrial accidents such as test Chilean minors or the latest tragedy in China, where 11 men were trapped dead fear and 26 other people were killed in an explosion of gas, will be on offshore companies or their employees to dig deeper into the Earth for the copper - and other natural resources.
Mining can still be dirty, dangerous, technically difficult and full of risk politique.Mais if prices increase in mineral products industry, is one of the growth sectors more profitable and more critical of the planet.
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