once people find led with a shaft they make a whole where the man could crawl through and that is how they get the lead out "under ground mining"
Coal and lead can be mined in Iowa.
Lead and silver were mined at Leadhills and, for a time, gold was also mined there.
Fluorspar, lead, coal, and zinc are mined in Illinois.
lead
The main lead mineral is galena (PbS), which contains 86.6% lead
Lead is a naturally-occurring element that is mined from underground.
Lead
Lead and other metals (zinc, copper, and silver) are mined by the Black Mountain mine at Aggenys, about 65 km west of Pofadder.
The element lead is part of the Earth. The lead that we use in everyday things is mined from the Earth.
Although most of England's mineral reserves have now been mined out, in the past coal, oil, clay, stone, tin, copper, lead and iron were mined.
The value of mined lead in 2003 totaled $435 million
Currently lead is usually found in ore with zinc, silver and copper and it is extracted together with these metals. The main lead mineral in Galena (PbS) and there are also deposits of cerrussite and anglesite which are mined. Galena is mined in Australia, which produces 19% of the world's new lead, followed by the USA, China, Peru' and Canada. Some is also mined in Mexico and West Germany.