Why a top-10 list?
The purpose of this exercise is to consider why people should want mines in their backyards from
different angles and perspectives. With apologies to the master, a David Letterman-style top-10 list
might look like this.
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Demand for hard rock and heavy metal hasn't declined as hoped.
Alchemy hasn't been perfected yet.
People need to see something that doesn't come from China.
Romance is wondrously enhanced by gold and diamonds.
We can't go anywhere by resting on our ores.
Open pits mean "open for business."
Mines, like books, only work when open.
Debt-enslaved basement-dwellers could find jobs and dig themselves out of their holes, literally.
Indebted governments could mint money instead of print money.
We're all going to end up in a holy place or deep under anyway.
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