Amid the chaos of Wall Street and the crowds of Las Vegas, we seek out a few quiet stories about mining. Chance is a young deaf lad in Utah. He now has ear implants to help him hear. His mother took him down a “real gold mine.” The echoes off the walls confused his [...]
Archive for September, 2008
Diamond mining good news heard in the echo of financial chaos
Posted in About the news, tagged Chance, credit crisis, deaf, diamonds, MINExpo, Wal-Mart on September 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MINExpo mining. What to do if you are not in Las Vegas.
Posted in About the news, tagged Kay Sever, MINExpo, mining equipment, Virtual Mine eXpo on September 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
MINExpo begins to day. The halls of Las Vegas no doubt ring with joy. And the casinos beckon with blinking allure. Our office in Vancouver is silent: a large contingent is to the show. The staff who worked like mad to get new features on the site in time for show-roll-out are [...]
New mining blogs, reality, and truth
Posted in Human relations and mining, Mining history, tagged blogs, mining, search.mining on September 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Let me sing the praises of blogs as a source of truth & beauty. Or at least as an honest source of news, views, and reviews of what counts in mining. On the left side of this blog is my bloggroll. Here I provide links to the many blogs I have found that write about [...]
Mountaintop mining not not supported by McCain & Palin
Posted in About the news, Coal, tagged McCain, mountaintop mining, Obama, Palin on September 18, 2008 | 1 Comment »
There is a spurt of web articles all claiming that McCain and Obama oppose mountaintop mining. I cannot find a verifiable quote from either candidate in which they actually denounce mountaintop mining. The reports are replete with inuendo and half-recalled, off-hand statements. Let me burst the bubble of those earnest bloggers trying to trap McCain [...]
Mining to benefit from AIG bailout, but you must act fast
Posted in About the news, Reclamation, tagged aig, insurance, mining on September 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The United States Federal government has just bailed out insurance giant AIG. They say the company had to be saved because its activities affected every part of the economy. Currently I am not affected via any known route by AIG. I do recall one interaction with them, however, that left me thinking they must be the silliest bunch [...]
The mining industry is fundamentally sound, but do not walk to Lansing
Posted in About the news, tagged Biden, economy, fundamentally sound, junior miners, Lansing, McCain, mining, Vancouver, walk on September 16, 2008 | 4 Comments »
McCain says the US economy is “fundamentally sound.” Joe Biden says he could walk all the way to Lansing without meeting anyone who agrees. So I decided to find out how far I could walk without finding anyone who thinks the mining economy is not fundamentally sound. Turns out not very far. Maybe the problem [...]
Gold to exceed $1,000 and all the other mining failures
Posted in About the news, tagged China, gold price, port townsend, tailings dam failure, wooden boat festival on September 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Port Townsend is at the upper end of the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. I am told that the miners departed from its harbor to head north to Alaska. But other ports took over, and the town stayed the same: a collection of old buildings bereft of madams, ladies, drunks, and miners. The buildings [...]
Diamonds & Crowns as the ICMM issues new AIDS Good Practice Guide
Posted in Africa, health, tagged Africa, AIDS, HIV, mining, Palin on September 4, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Let us turn our gaze from the political conventions in the USA to Africa. If you can keep your eyes off those $300,000 diamond studs that Cindy McCain is wearing. Now that is a triumph for mining.
Palin wishes Pebble Mine were somewhere else
Posted in About the news, tagged Hillary Clinton, mining, Palin, Pebble Mine, politics, verner wilson on September 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I seldom comment back on comments made on this blog. But here is one that intrigues me. It was posted as a comment to a piece that my editor retitled Republican’s VP pick supports Pebble Mine. Here is the comment as posted by Verner Wilson: Where did you get the notion that Sarah Palin is [...]
Palin promises to judge Pebble Mine on the basis of science and law, ten years hence
Posted in About the news, Church, Enviromental, feasibilty studies, Global Warming, Law (Mining), North America, tagged Anglican Church, Bishop Tutu, creationism, Northern Dynasty Mines, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin on September 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
This is a scary picture. Maybe it is the big bear that perturbs me. Maybe it is the crab. Would you decorate your house with such objects? I would not. But maybe we can decorate the nation’s capital thus? A change from Nancy Reagan’s new porcelain. Maybe it tells you that the owner/decorator loves nature. [...]
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