Comments...

So I didn't know I had comments on my blog until yesterday.  One of the comments asked why there was so much security at the mine and why they had to keep our passports.  I'm not sure the reasoning behind keeping our passports, but I think the security is so heavy is because they don't want people unnecessarily there.  Particularly with the more valuable mines like high yield gold or silver, but with copper prices the way they are right now even that's valuable.  Many of these mines are strip mines so the chance of someone getting away with something is pretty low, but I guess they don't want to take any chances.  FYI strip mines are mines that tear away an entire hillside for a yield of 2% or so.  So even if you steal a rock from them it's probably only got a speck of something in it.