At 11:50 14-2-99 GMT, you wrote:
>A mining journalist contact of mine has been asked to write an article on
>Mining History for a leading mining publication and he poses the questions -
>Who cares? Why bother?
Pick any history book and the question of "Who cares about history" is
answered. Apart from that, this sort of question is the easiest and
cheapest to ask by a journalist, at least that is my experiance. I would
not get involved into these sort of discussions but rather divert the
discussion into more usefull matters like preservation, safety,
documentation, etc, etc.
>Those are the sort of questions which might be asked by his readers --
>principally middle-management at current mines, struggling to make a profit
>despite today's low metal prices. Could you reassure them that the history
>of the mining industry is relevant to today?
Historical awareness and a way to make-good for the destroyed areas by
open-cast mining are matters that can be of importance.
Best wishes,
Joep Orbons
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