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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;coleguy, post: 1519649, member: 9167&quot;]It is kind of surprising to me, as silver isn&#039;t usually mined for the silver, but is a by-product of gold and copper mining, which is still a huge industry, at least here in the Southwest. But what is surprising to me is that as destructive as say a copper mine is with it&#039;s open pit layout that resembles a blown-out volcano, it pales in comparison to the average coal mine, which if you&#039;ve ever been to West Virginia, you&#039;d know they literally level entire mountains and re-route streams that they&#039;ve polluted with sulfuric acid. Yet we are one of the largest producers of coal world-wide, just behind China, and the extent of those mining operations are growing at over 350% yearly. I think our environmental concerns are biased in that we only care about it up to the point that our energy costs might go up 12 cents per KWH.</p><p>Guy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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