[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.

[oincobx]

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

They are considered mining in the BLS data produced by the Labor Department.

“The Mining sector comprises establishments that extract naturally occurring mineral solids, such as coal and ores; liquid minerals, such as crude petroleum; and gases, such as natural gas. The term mining is used in the broad sense to include quarrying, well operations, beneficiating (e.g., crushing, screening, washing, and flotation), and other preparation customarily performed at the mine site, or as a part of mining activity.”

Data can be found here

https://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t17.htm