[rellimpank]

To make some 6,000 shafts and caves completely safe would take money that Reynolds does not have."--

--nobody has fallen into them yet. To make them "completely" safe means close the park. This is the usual annual budget bleating--

[ClaireSolt]

I agree with most, except I would not only raise prices to Disney level, I'd have Disney run them on long leases under certain stipulations. I also imagine that there are some marginal parks that should be sold.

[Inyo-Mono]

--nobody has fallen into them [mine shafts] yet. To make them "completely" safe means close the park. This is the usual annual budget bleating--

My guess would be that 99% of the visitors to Death Valley never get close to a mine shaft. Just those that explore the back country in a 4X4 and most of those have enough sense to stay out of old mine shafts.