tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post4611424310193394751..comments2024-01-04T09:30:41.625-05:00Comments on All The Good Names Were Taken: Still waiting for the mining money fairyNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-71254528585160092222013-03-15T15:32:42.928-04:002013-03-15T15:32:42.928-04:00The same dumb-ass stuff is going on on this side o...The same dumb-ass stuff is going on on this side of the lake, too.Jonohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18170214396483091419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-79409978957705973982013-03-14T11:17:12.044-04:002013-03-14T11:17:12.044-04:00Everything's automated now, with minimal work ...Everything's automated now, with minimal work by humans(basically a handful of heavy equipment operators and a few explosives experts) and everything is an open-pit mine (again low manpower requirements), so basically a mine today employs only a couple more people than a landfill -- and its operations look a lot like a landfill, except in reverse. People remembering the old days with BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-62689989762190485052013-03-13T22:23:26.441-04:002013-03-13T22:23:26.441-04:00Previous messes left behind by mines are nothing c...Previous messes left behind by mines are nothing compared to what the new methods will leave behind - but as you say, it is the dancing dollar signs that people focus on.Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12768569658001165651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-35634125874842010752013-03-13T15:34:42.195-04:002013-03-13T15:34:42.195-04:00The U.P. is full of toxic waste dumps created by p...The U.P. is full of toxic waste dumps created by past mining activity, but the people fantasizing now about the mining money fairy tend to conveniently forget about the Super Fund sites.Nanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18359007443116549436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-53039165646650472782013-03-12T20:43:04.400-04:002013-03-12T20:43:04.400-04:00I'm reminded of the Bunker Hill mine in Kellog...I'm reminded of the Bunker Hill mine in Kellogg Idaho. It did produce for years and provided wages to a lot of folks, but when it closed down it left a big mess and become a superfund site that the taxpayers got stuck paying for.BBChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15323188240580782454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-44229776106220748.post-20961704800155608752013-03-12T11:50:17.103-04:002013-03-12T11:50:17.103-04:00Mining was always a good way to make a small fortu...Mining was always a good way to make a small fortune out of a large one, unless you were doing it on a scale to make Gargantua jealous, but even gargantuan mines don't add much to the community nowdays. Just ask <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2006/oct/04/local/me-trona4" rel="nofollow">Trona, California</a> which is next door to a giant borax mine and just over the hill from a giant BadTuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01345749557330760251noreply@blogger.com