The Best Mining & Digging Documentaries

Engineering & Megastructures - 33 free documentaries about mining & digging.

Start with The Gigantic Goldmine 14,000 Feet In The Air (52 min, Spark), then Extremely Heavy Mining Truck (49 min, Free Documentary). All 33 documentaries here are free to watch from their makers' official uploads. To read deeper, the top-rated book on mining & digging is Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar.

• The Gigantic Goldmine 14,000 Feet In The Air | Super Structures Episode 9 (52 min, Spark)
• Extremely Heavy Mining Truck | Mega Transports (49 min, Free Documentary)
• Submarines, Mines and Airports: 3 Huge Engineering Triumphs | Super Structures (155 min, Spark)
• Dangerous Mining Work in Indonesia & Underground Houses in China | Mystery Places (52 min, Free Documentary)
• The Miracle Emerald Mines Of Afghanistan (28 min, Real Stories)
• Coal Machine Crisis: The Race To Repair A Supersized Machine | Mega Machines (48 min, Spark)
• Australia's Billion Dollar Iron Mine Business | Big Australia (48 min, Spark)
• Toughest Jobs in the World: Cleaning Industrial Plant, Diamond & Gold Mine (41 min, Free Documentary)
• The Last Coal Miners (81 min, Real Stories)
• When Abandoned Mines Collapse (18 min, Practical Engineering)
• Salt Mines' Bloody History (S5, E10) | Modern Marvels (45 min, HISTORY)
• The World's Largest Copper Mine: Chile's Chuquicamata | The Earth's Riches (43 min, Spark)
• Mining the Golden Mountains of Suriname With An Ex-Rebel Leader (42 min, VICE)
• Surviving the Mountain that Eats Men | The Hell Miners of Potosí (53 min, Free Documentary)
• Most Dangerous Jobs: Demolition Experts, Lumberjacks, Granite Quarry Workers (27 min, Free Documentary)
• How Are Massive Machines Repaired? | Mega Mechanics (48 min, Spark)
• Mine Collapse Traps Young Men Thousands Of Feet Below The Ground | Critical Rescue S1 EP11 (49 min, Wonder)
• In the shadow of copper - The price of mining in Serbia (29 min, DW Documentary)
• World’s Toughest Ships | Floating Mega Mine (45 min, Free Documentary)
• World's Deadliest Jobs: Surviving the Mica Mines (48 min, Free Documentary)
• Exploring Wildlife in an Abandoned Mine | After We've Gone (22 min, BBC Studios)
• Mystery Places: Siberian Mega Mine, Most Dangerous Hotel & Extreme Airport (53 min, Free Documentary)
• These Giant Tires Cost $27,000 Each | Mega Mechanics (48 min, Wonder)
• Repairing A 50ft Tall Coal Mining Machine | Mega Mechanics (48 min, Wonder)
• Trapped Miners: Behind The Chile 33 (45 min, Real Stories)
• The UK's Last Miners: Thousands Of Years Of Industry Come To An End (55 min, Spark)
• Extreme Jobs: Commercial Diver, Extreme Makeover Artist, Salt Mine Sculptor (25 min, Free Documentary)
• How Do You Tune Up A Giant Coal Mine Engine? (48 min, Spark)
• The Near-Catastrophe Moving 700 Tons Of Marble (49 min, Wonder)
• Inside The Most Dangerous Quarry In The World (51 min, Wonder)
• Why Did The Mining Industry In The UK Come To An End? (55 min, Spark)
• Copper mines in Zambia | Straight through Africa (43 min, VPRO Documentary)
• Extracting Priceless Marble In This Dangerous Quarry (48 min, Wonder)

Top-Rated Books About Mining & Digging

1. Deep Down Dark by Héctor Tobar - View on Amazon
2. The Big Burn by Timothy Egan - View on Amazon
3. Cobalt Red by Siddharth Kara - View on Amazon