Gold mines are something that’s generally associated with the Western genre, yet I’ve never seen them in an actual Western movie (outside of pale rider - but even in that movie you don’t really see anything inside any mines iirc).
I find it really odd and interesting how gold mines are something commonly associated with the Western genre despite not appearing much or even at all in western movies. The only Western media with prominent use of gold mines are Western video games, but movies don’t really have gold mines. I wonder where the association originated from.
Have a nice Funeral… Sartana will pay is basically all about a gold mine.
Spaghetti Westerns with individual scenes or shootouts in gold mines there are many.
As for US westerns, there’s obviously the role model for the above mentioned Ruthless Four and Find a place to die, namely Garden of Evil. And Paint your Wagon is also all about gold mining.
I found the first part amazing but the second parts dragged on and I did not like the ending. But that is how I experienced this movie. It is currently on Netflix here in the Netherlands but I watched on DVD
