I tend to agree this would be the case with new mines, however in established mines the conditions may be more like we see in China where they're using equipment which in other countries was outdated 40 years ago and working conditions outlawed around the early 20th Century. The equipment would probably have been brought back into service as the newer high tech gear and machines failed due to lack of parts, or more likely lack of fuel.
Slaves, criminals and POWs would for the most part form the workforce with free men acting as supervisors and guards. In some of the more organised areas we might see the prewar workforce still hard at it, but again mostly in supervisory roles as the experienced workers die off from disease, starvation, accidents, radiation, etc. In these more organised areas the workers might be paid, but conditions are still likely to be atrocious.
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