Mining

== Other mining operations ==
[[File:Malurian mining equipment.jpg|thumb|Malurian mining equipment]]
[[File:Archer watches Malurian miner.jpg|thumb|The Malurian mining station]]
The [[Malurian]]s were secretly mining the [[Akaali homeworld]] for [[veridium]] [[isotope]] using drilling equipment saturated with [[tetracyanate 622]]. The mining team was led by [[Garos]], who was disguised as an [[Akaali]] [[shopkeeper]] most of the time. The entrance to the mine was accessed through a secret [[stairwell]] in Garos' [[curio shop]]. ({{ENT|Civilization}})

By the [[22nd century]] the [[Tellarite Mining Consortium]] was engaged in mining [[firesalt]]. They operated [[freighter]]s to transport the mineral. In [[2153]] the freighter ''[[Tezra]]'' was captured while hauling a load of firesalt near Klingon [[space]]. ({{ENT|Bounty}})  Also during the 22nd century an [[Andorian Mining Consortium]] may or may not have existed. ({{ENT|Proving Ground}})

[[Vulcan]] had a mining agreement with Coridan in [[2151]]. ({{ENT|Shadows of P'Jem}})

The [[Paraagan]]s operated a mining colony at [[Paraagan II]]. ({{ENT|Shockwave}})

In [[2153]] the {{EnterpriseNX|Enterprise}} visited a [[Unnamed Alpha and Beta Quadrant planets#Trellium mining planet|trellium mining planet]] in the [[Delphic Expanse]] which was operated by thirty-one different species. ({{ENT|The Xindi}})

By the 24th century the [[Romulan Star Empire]] was dependent on dilithium mining on Remus. ({{film|10}}) They also used large [[mining vessel]]s such as the ''[[Narada]]'' for spacefaring operations. ({{film|11}})

There was a mining operation on [[Koralis III]] that had been abandoned by [[2375]]. ({{DS9|Chimera}}) The [[Tigan family]] ran a large pergium mining operation in the [[Sappora system|Sapporo]] [[star system|system]]. ({{DS9|Prodigal Daughter}}) [[Telfas Prime]] also had a mining community. ({{VOY|Alliances}})

===Delta Quadrant===
Countless mining colonies were operated by many species across the [[Delta Quadrant]]. Often trade with these colonies proved invaluable for the {{USS|Voyager}} during its odyssey through the quadrant. For example, in [[2372]] ''Voyager'' acquired needed materials from a mining colony on [[Hemikek IV]], the rights to which were owned by a consortium of non-aggressive people. ({{VOY|Investigations}})

At the border of the [[Nekrit Expanse]] was a support outpost for mining and trading ships. A [[map]] dealer on the station sold coordinate charts for all the local mining colonies. ({{VOY|Fair Trade}})

The [[Talaxian]]s were also active in mining. [[Neelix]] worked at a mining colony for some time. The Talaxians also operated a mining colony on [[Prema II]]. Additionally, a group of aliens targeted a [[Talaxian asteroid colony]] for mining in [[2378]], forcing the residents to fight them off. ({{VOY|Blood Fever|Basics, Part II|Homestead}})

[[Automated Personnel Unit]]s created by the [[Pralor]] [[species]] used [[asteroid mining pod]]s to mine asteroids. ({{VOY|Prototype}})

A [[Sakari]] mining colony in the [[Nekrit Expanse]] was attacked by the [[Borg]] some point before [[2373]]. Afterward, the miners decided to retreat into the mines, hiding their society. ({{VOY|Blood Fever}})

A [[Garan]] mining colony was infected by [[macrovirus]]es in [[2373]]. ({{VOY|Macrocosm}}) A [[Telsius Prime mining colony|colony]] on [[Telsius Prime]] served as a [[bolomite]] mine. ({{VOY|Live Fast and Prosper}}) An unnamed [[class Y planet]] was governed by the [[Ord'mirit Mining Treaty]]. ({{VOY|Course: Oblivion}})

The [[Gammadan Mining Facility]] suffered an accident in [[2377]]. ({{VOY|Critical Care}}) A [[Nuu'Bari]] mining consortium made use of [[Hologram Nuu'Bari 000|holograms]], which brought them into conflict with [[Iden]] and his [[Iden's Rebellion|followers]]. ({{VOY|Flesh and Blood}}) On the Bronze Age planet of the [[Takarian]]s, trade in mining [[futures]] existed. ({{VOY|False Profits}})

[[The Waters]], an artificial [[planetoid]] composed entirely of [[water]], was at last report being gradually destroyed by the mining plants of its inhabitants, the [[Monean]]s. ({{VOY|Thirty Days}})