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Always on the lookout for mining scams, I came across the news report repeated below.  This Californian scammed an elderly couple of $5 million promising to extract gold from abandoned mines.  I can never quite understand how somebody who is smart enough to accrue so much money, can be so stupid as to part with it [...]

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Go on to any of the large mining companies websites and you will undoubtedly see images of green fields, expansive boreal forests, and still lakes seemingly touched only by the rays of the sun. This is the image of a company with the environment and people at its core. It is the vision of sustainability [...]

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Here are some random thoughts about one type of work in mining that is seldom discussed.  I write here of the communications manager.  Other titles applied to this line of work in mining include: community relations specialist, public relations director, sustainable development officer, stakeholder interactions manager.  The list is endless; it all boils down to [...]

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In a previous posting on this blog, I made my mining predictions for 2012.  One of them was that we would be regaled by a continuing plethora of articles saying mining will be detrimentally affected by a shortage of workers.  Here is one comment on that posting (I edit for spelling and punctuation): 

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The New Year begins but holiday time continues for a while at least.  There is still time to settle down and read a good book.  Here is my list of those that I plan to pull out and read.

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Today with a friend we took the six-year old and the fourteen-year old to the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles.  We envisaged this as a men/boys-only event; the opportunity to share a love of machines with our son and grandson.  It was a disaster. 

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The best part of Christmas has always been Boxing Day—the day after Christmas when all tension is gone and you settle back to relax and enjoy the week between presents and the loud shouts of a New Year. 

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Another bike ride and more pictures from today of Huntington Beach. 

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We rode along the beach and to the pier and here are a few of the pictures that I took.  Enjoy and enjoy Christmas.     

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This afternoon, the six-year old grandson and I went to the movie, Hugo.  If I had not read him the book before we went, I would still be wondering if this is a European fairy tale, an American dream, a morality tale, a warning to old men not to loose their dreams, or an inspiration [...]

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