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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001164727-09-000087.txt : 20090528
<SEC-HEADER>0001164727-09-000087.hdr.sgml : 20090528
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20090528103627
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001164727-09-000087
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090526
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090528
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090528

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MILLER ROBERT JOS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001078105

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-31240
		FILM NUMBER:		09856292

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		1700 LINCOLN ST
		STREET 2:		28TH FLOOR
		CITY:			DENVER
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80203

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001164727
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		IRS NUMBER:				841611629
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6363 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE
		CITY:			GREENWOOD VILLAGE
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80222
		BUSINESS PHONE:		303-863-7414

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		6363 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE
		CITY:			GREENWOOD VILLAGE
		STATE:			CO
		ZIP:			80222

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DELTA HOLDCO CORP
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020109
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    <schemaVersion>X0303</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2009-05-26</periodOfReport>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001164727</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>NEWMONT MINING CORP /DE/</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>NEM</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001078105</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MILLER ROBERT JOS</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>6363 SOUTH FIDDLERS GREEN CIRCLE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>GREENWOOD VILLAGE</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>CO</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>80111</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock, $1.60 par value</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2009-05-26</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>S</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>3001</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>46.9417</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>12756</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
                <natureOfOwnership>
                    <value></value>
                </natureOfOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $46.92 to $46.95.  The price reported above reflects the weighted average sale price.  The reporting person undertakes to provide (upon request by the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer) full information regarding the number of shares sold at each separate price.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The Reporting Person holds 1,300 shares indirectly in the Miller Family Community Property Trust.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Sharon Thomas, Assistant Secretary, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-05-28</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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