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‘After 135 years,’ mine bill passes ( Ready for higher energy prices ? )
The Daily Sentinel ^ | November 02, 2007 | GARY HARMON

Posted on 11/03/2007 9:00:40 AM PDT by george76

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1 posted on 11/03/2007 9:00:42 AM PDT by george76
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To: thackney


2 posted on 11/03/2007 9:01:46 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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From what I understand, Hairy Reid won’t let this bill see the light of day in the Senate. He is, of course, the son of a gold miner and Nevada the biggest mining state in the country.

I never thought I’d have anything remotely good to say about Reid, but if he foils this bill, I’ll tip my hat to him......for about 5 seconds.


3 posted on 11/03/2007 9:04:01 AM PDT by jsh3180
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Tip of hat, or “flash of moon” ??


4 posted on 11/03/2007 9:10:58 AM PDT by xcamel (FDT/2008)
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To: jsh3180

WHERE WOULD YOU BE WITHOUT MINING?

Without the hundreds of thousands of material benefits that come from the mining industry your world would be completely different from the way you now live.

Regardless of your age, eliminating the minerals and coal that are mined, processed, smelted or refined by the mining industry would mean that you would no longer be able to enjoy television, radio, or music from a CD…in fact anything that requires electricity. And children’s toys would certainly be much different without mining.

If you think about all the things that you use every day, you will discover for yourself the almost endless uses of metals and plastics and paper, all of which depend upon mining for their existence.

http://www.utahmining.org/brochure.htm


5 posted on 11/03/2007 9:11:00 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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http://www.nma.org/statistics/state_statistics_2003.asp#

WVA mine production is twice the value of Nevada with almost twice as many mines.

6 posted on 11/03/2007 9:11:15 AM PDT by purpleraine
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Sorry about that, I guess WVA does mine more than Nevada. I was thinking more along the lines of gold, copper, etc. Metal mining, that is.


7 posted on 11/03/2007 9:13:17 AM PDT by jsh3180
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They could use the gold more in WVA. : )


8 posted on 11/03/2007 9:15:29 AM PDT by purpleraine
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Minerals in your toothpaste

http://mapts.uaa.alaska.edu/pdf/toothpaste.pdf


9 posted on 11/03/2007 9:15:32 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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These damned democrats will be the death of us all


10 posted on 11/03/2007 9:17:16 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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It will be vetoed. Is an environmental wacko wish list.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

11 posted on 11/03/2007 9:17:21 AM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Liberals in Crested Butte think that they would love this.


12 posted on 11/03/2007 9:20:07 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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We need mining. However like the Ranch lands acts that basically give away federal lands to some ranchers while others pay market rates, the mining act as I understand it allows mining companies exploiting federal lands to all but avoid paying any royalties on the minerals they extract. They would have to pay if mining on private land, so they should pay into the common treasury the royalties for minerals mined on public land.


13 posted on 11/03/2007 9:20:21 AM PDT by jdub
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To: mylife

Hillary would sign this.


14 posted on 11/03/2007 9:21:00 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I know she would.

Copper prices are also at record highs


15 posted on 11/03/2007 9:23:13 AM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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and Nevada the biggest mining state

In 2004 Nevada employed 11,318 in mining. As a employment comparison:

West Virginia - 27,108
Kentucky - 24,300
Virginia - 12,711
Pennsylvania - 20,521
Texas - 20,330
California - 12,840
Arizona - 11,368

2004 STATE MINING STATISTICS
http://www.nma.org/statistics/state_statistics_2004.asp#

16 posted on 11/03/2007 9:27:16 AM PDT by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer)
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The provision would “shut down coal mining in Colorado,”

That'll be good for coal mining here in Kentucky.
17 posted on 11/03/2007 9:27:49 AM PDT by JamesP81
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To: jdub; familyop; BOBTHENAILER; freekitty

If the liberals and the feds close all the public lands to grazing, then your food prices would go way up and your food would increasingly come from feed lots full of drugs and growth hormones.

No more ‘free range’ grass eating cattle ?

Do not believe the line that the feds give away public lands to ranchers or miners. The ranchers and miners pay cash money plus have to maintain the land to the feds standards.

Closing public lands will increase our energy costs when coal mines are closed...


18 posted on 11/03/2007 9:29:53 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: JamesP81

Is coal mining in Kentucky all on private land ?

Shutting down public lands would drive the prices way up.


19 posted on 11/03/2007 9:33:15 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: jsh3180

“I was thinking more along the lines of gold, copper, etc. Metal mining, that is.”

I would think Michigan beats Nevada in copper mining.

Iron ore is also about unlimited in Michigan.


20 posted on 11/03/2007 9:34:42 AM PDT by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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