[oincobx]

Just a couple of notes to tamp down the hype. The 35,000 mining jobs includes oil and gas extraction. Rig counts are rising so much of that mining total is tied to drilling. Coal mining jobs are up about 1,000 to 50,300 since Oct-16.

[2ndDivisionVet]

"Buried in an otherwise-humdrum jobs report was the jaw-dropping pronouncement by the Department of Labor that mining jobs in America were up by 11,000 in March. Since the low point in October 2016, and following years of painful layoffs in the mining industry, the mining sector has added 35,000 jobs."

I don't think oil and gas extraction are considered mining.