AdvertisementAmid Economic Crisis, Mongolians Risk Their Lives For Do-It-Yourself MiningDecember 01, 2016Rob SchmitzfacebookEmailA coal mining brigade unloads a cart full of coal that has been freshly mined from half-a-mile below the surface of the earth. For some rural Mongolians, risking their lives in crude, makeshift mines is the only way to survive. (NPR)