[hosepipe]

A whole mountain of molybdenite has been found in Alaska.. also gold, silver and copper..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pebble_Mine

[ClearCase_guy]

Alas, the habitat of the Alaskan red-bellied gopher is likely to be closed for all future mining activities. [/s]

[decimon]

That’s great but I do not dismiss the environmental concerns. If the cost of not leaving behind a wasteland is built into the cost of the minerals then so be it.

[marsh2]

They proposed opening a mine at the Mysty Fjords area of Alaska, but it was in conflict with Wilderness values.