Mining

After talking to a coworker about this and describing what I saw, as he lives in the same town that I do, he stated that our town used to have a lot of private mines, which may explain what I saw.

Maybe it was some sort of mining belt.

I don't know.

But after having the house blessed, we haven't had any issues so far.

A straight line distance of half a mile on a map may represent two hours of travel on the ground, or may represent an impassable barrier that requires a detour of several miles.

This is the landscape that people enter when they go looking for the Lost Dutchman's Mine.

This is the terrain that has to be searched, and this is the first and most fundamental reason that the mine, if it exists, has never been found.

Not because it is hidden necessarily, but because the medium in which it might be hidden is a three-dimensional maze of volcanic rock that actively resists systematic exploration.

The deep interior, the upper canyons, the high ridges, and the remote eastern reaches of the range.

These they left largely unexplored, not because they lacked courage or curiosity, but because the energy cost of reaching those areas and returning alive was prohibitive without a reliable water supply in the interior.

This is another reason the Lost Dutchman's Mine, if it exists, could remain unfound.

The terrain that has been most thoroughly searched is the terrain that is most accessible.

But the spatial concentration of these hazards track directly with 19th and 20th century mining booms, as well as distinct geological formations.

High densities of vertical shafts and open stopes are scattered across the western United States.

Key hotspots include California's Motherlode District, Colorado's San Juan Mountains, Nevada's Sheep Range and Great Basin, Arizona's Mineral Belts and Utah's Unsealed Mining Districts.

We are going to look at specific

cases and even some cases that we've covered to see if those people could have fallen victim to some kind of accident like we're discussing here.

What is it, girl? Yeshi said.

Don't you want to come mining with me? Bahakai.

Maddy beeped in Lojman, our universal AI language, meaning approximately, I am remembering, as she ran around the workshop, bumping heavily against one of the tables that contained radio equipment.

Seth.

For further information, see the Commission for Regulation of Utilities, Central Statistics Office and Airgrid.

Greenland moves to restrict deep-sea mining as Arctic competition intensifies.

Greenland's parliament has instructed the government to prepare legislation prohibiting deep-sea mining, with a proposed moratorium lasting until the end of 2029.

The October 15 decision is not yet law, but signals growing determination to control the island's natural resources.

The move follows a September security agreement between Greenland, Denmark, and the United States.