1.   He explained that searchers, not the blast, had created the pit by digging under tons of rubble.

2.   The mines will no longer create open pits that will eventually fill with water and become sterile or contaminated lakes.

3.   Under proposals being discussed, IPE would create trading pits for Nymex contracts, including West Texas Intermediate crude oil, unleaded gasoline and heating oil, Rappaport said.

4.   No one has ever been caught salting in the area just outside Yellowstone, but Jackson said he has seen two pits created over the past year.