Get the resources you need from under the ground

In order to remove the resources you're after from the ground, you need a good drill. Whether you're drilling through rock, drilling wells, or searching for oil and gas, you need to be able to cut through the earth quickly and get what you need. Find an online supplier of excavation equipment for your specific mining task.

I recommend: Schramm sells a variety of rotary top drilling rigs and accessories. Mining Technologies International offers a number of developmental drilling and production drilling machines. Once you've extracted your materials from the earth, you need to process them. Schenck Process manufactures a complete line of processing equipment.

Stay in contact in places where radios won't work

In mines, conventional radios often won't work. In order maintain direct lines of contact, you need to install an underground communications network. Find a mining equipment manufacturer that helps design and install the perfect network for your mine.

I recommend: Pyott-Boone Electronics is a leader in the coal mining industry with communications and monitoring equipment, and is becoming established in other mining industries as well. Varis offers an underground communications system that includes a diagnostic software application and a two-year warranty

Buy used mining equipment

If you're looking for a deal on equipment for mining, look for a mining equipment manufacturer or dealer who sells used or refurbished equipment as well as new models. Used equipment can offer the same reliability as machinery directly off the assembly line, but at a fraction of the cost.

I recommend: See A.M. King's online inventory of used mining supplies. Contact them if you are looking to sell your own used equipment. For a comprehensive online catalog of new and used mining equipment from multiple mining equipment manufacturers, see MiningEquipment.com.