My husband worked with Magma back in the 90s. All the mines closed when the ‘toon was in office. He arbitrarily shut down mining in Utah with his fake Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument. I wonder if the other mining outfits saw the writing on the wall...
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I understand from friends that they are trying to develop Superior once again and I wish them all the luck in the world. However, I have little hope for any natural resource industry in the USA just now.