51.   One such mine is Durban Roodepoort Deep Ltd., which merged with Rand Leases Gold Mining Company Ltd. in July last year.

52.   Operating mines in the United States are subject to environmental controls, but closed or abandoned mines are another story.

53.   Other projects depend on recovery of gold prices as new mines will be hard to finance at these levels, he said.

54.   Right now the world copper market is being flooded with copper from Chile and Indonesia, where the mining costs are lower and the mines are newer.

55.   Residents also say they had passed over the dirt road as recently as Friday morning and there were no mines.

56.   Russell said this fact alone indicates the mine could be highly profitable.

57.   Some mines are so deep in the jungle that it takes a week to hike in or out.

58.   Still, most military experts believe the mines are a surmountable threat.

59.   That mine is the foundation of the Kane fortune.

60.   The Argyle mine is the largest diamond mine in the world.