I’ve flown over opencast mines here in Australia and other countries, but the ONE thing they are missing is machinery. You would expect to see huge trucks going up without a load, to get more, and full tucks going down, filled with ore. Large conveyor belts, carrying ore to a place to dump the ore from the source, and machinery to load the dump trucks with the ore. It would be a wonderful sight to see in the scenery. Cars, trucks and vans are already well-populating the roads.
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This would be a good addition across the world. Some mines are even special points of interest in the sim, like Diavik Diamond Mine in Canada.
It’s a POI with special scenery and buildings but it looks ‘dead’ because there’s no machinery or movement.
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Wholeheartedly agree. Lots of quarries with conveyors, separators, and crushers that are flattened.
Also, oil well pumpjacks are kind of in the same vein.
Storage like silos, elevators, and tank farms are also needed. Water towers and tanks often go hand in hand with industrial sites as well (and of course in many towns).
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