1.  Interviewing for the mining job raises too many questions about previous mining regulatory decisions Karpan had made.

2.  Suddenly gone was his notion that he could easily move to Montana to find another mining job or that he could finance retraining himself.

3.  Surface mining jobs are similar to construction jobs --truck drivers, crane and shovel operators who prefer working outdoors in the fresh air and sunshine of the West.

4.  The government also hopes to save thousands of mining jobs.

5.  The measure could create hundreds of mining jobs and hundreds of millions of dollars of profit.

6.  Tourism and recreation jobs typically are seasonal and pay lower wages than the old union mining jobs.

7.  The vast majority of well-paying mining jobs belong to ethnic Russians.

8.  The villagers also would be given first access to lucrative mining jobs, company officials said last week.

9.  But Clinton stood firm Wednesday, acknowledging that while mining jobs are important to the US economy, there are limits.