1.   His firm works for a wide range of clients, including mining interests, ranchers and government agencies.

2.   At the time, mining interests held claims to the canyon, now one of the most popular national parks in the world.

3.   Backing the coin are copper mining interests, mass transit authorities, and coin-operated industries.

4.   A Senate-House conference committee on Thursday abandoned efforts to pass a revised mining bill, for example, under pressure from Western senators and mining interests.

5.   A tax of that size could hurt farmers, mining interests and anyone who uses groundwater extensively.

6.   But it has also led to opposition from timber and mining interests and their Republican allies, who have accused the president of bypassing Congress.

7.   Defense contractors and mining interests are big GOP contributors.

8.   Eidos said he quit to devote more time to technology and mining interests, including South African gold mines.

9.   Enter Sen. Pete Domenici, R-N.M., whose state has big mining interests.

10.   He signs it under protest because Congress, under the influence of mining interests, has tied his hands, he says.