Here and there, amid mountains dubbed by National Geographic The Lost Sierra, you still can find old cables that hauled mining buckets up the mountain and that today's longboarders believe doubled as the world's first ski lift.

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Among the largest underlying components of XME, in trading today Carpenter Technology Corporation ( CRS) is off about 1%, and Stillwater Mining ( SWC) is higher by about 1.3%.

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Today, Palin's parents stay busy hunting, fishing, gold-mining and caring for grandchildren.

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Among the largest underlying components of EPU, in trading today Buenaventura Mining Company ( BVN) is off about 0.86%, and Southern Copper ( SCCO) is up by about 0.35%.

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Among the largest underlying components of IYM, in trading today Newmont Mining Corporation ( NEM) is up about 0.8%, and Peabody Energy Corporation ( BTU) is up by about 1.4%.

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