Mr Margetts said it was a very "delicate" operation as care had to be taken not to damage the mine's structure.
In that fateful summer of my twelfth year, however, I discovered that such story-time fantasies were not and never would be mine.
But being heard over the din of Labour's death throes - Nick Clegg's words not mine - will be difficult if not nigh on impossible.
The question investors should be asking themselves is whether or not the Donlin Creek mine will ever actually get built.
And everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand.
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He is not going to be meeting those expectations without a developed gold mine.
And I -- what -- as I say, I do not know -- her memory and mine may be somewhat different.
One of the miners, who did not want to be identified, told CNN that none of the mine workers fired at police.
Nevertheless, some analysts say that mine output has not grown as rapidly as might be expected given a several-fold increase in the price of gold over the last decade.
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However, there was still "a glimmer of hope" about the mine's future as the firm had not said it would be completely closed, said Mr Kitchen.
However, while output on the Marlin mine is expected to be strong in the fourth quarter, the pace will not be sustained.
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And local people have to be compensated, coaxed and cajoled into believing that the mine is in their interests, not just those of the foreigners who are running it.
Not a single local friend of mine has a Windows8 phone (i bought one but will be switching the service BACK to my iphone).
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In particular, according to Orellana, Pacific Rim failed to provide an adequate environmental impact assessment for its proposed mine and did not meet the Salvadoran requirement that mining companies own the land that would be affected by their operations.
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Shutting down a mine and cutting loose workers can be expensive itself, so companies must balance costs of operating versus not operating.
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