EXTRACTION Please choose one ADMINISTRATION AGRICULTURAL BUILDINGS COMMUNICATIONS CONFLICT CULTIVATION ENCLOSURES ENERGY EXTRACTION FLOODING GRAZINGS HOUSING KNOWLEDGE LEISURE MANUFACTURE PERCEPTION SETTLEMENTS TRADES Flora and fauna Stone, sand and gravel Minerals Marine resources Coastal resources Fuels Opencast mining, Burnside, Cumnock, Ayrshire With the demise of deep mining, shallow seams of coal are being extensively exploited through opencast methods. The method involves removing and setting aside overburden (soil, other strata) and quarrying seams of coal. Once completed, the overburden is replaced. Opencast, whist cheap and relatively safe compared to deep mining, has a high cost in terms of historical landscape, in that every feature of the quarried area is erased. Resource pack   1     2     3     4