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otakugrey t1_j9neus8 wrote

I'm seeing a lot of downvoting in here. Why is mining work bad? Everyone around me has seen good jobs go away and get replaced with a smaller number of low-wage tourism jobs. Everyone wants normal jobs again but everyone in this thread seems against it. I'm lost.

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lucianbelew t1_j9nlk5t wrote

The mining they are proposing is deep shaft mining that creates a large amount of sulphuric waste water, essentially battery acid. In the proposed mining area, 100% of residents rely on groundwater wells for their water supplies. The risk is simply too great.

In case you missed it the first time around.

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Tony-Flags OP t1_j9p20zi wrote

They bring in their own people from away for the good paying mining jobs, you know, people that are already trained and specialized in the industry. They aren't going to train a bunch of people from Union or Warren to do specialized mining jobs like explosives engineering for blasting for example.

At the town meeting they came to they said the jobs that would be provided would be cooks, cleaners, a few drivers, and nurses for all the miners that get injured. Someone pointed out that the area is already suffering a lack of cooks, cleaners and all sorts of health care professionals.

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