Together these mountains surround the old mining town of Park City, Utah, which every January is also home to the Sundance Film Festival.
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Aside from being seasonally apt, the dish perfectly articulated Benu's point of view: With the torchon, he was referencing his past at the French Laundry (there's a signature foie gras au torchon on that institution's menu), and with the Japanese ankimo and cherry blossom, he was mining the legacy of the city's substantial East and Southeast Asian populations.
As the Cold War heated up in the 1950s, Tuba City experienced a bit of prosperity during a uranium mining boom in the area.
The mining areas around Lubumbashi have remained relatively calm although unidentified gunmen attacked the city's airport last August killing at least one soldier.
Aside from providing a large venue for the mining industry, the convention also provides a local economic boost to the city of Toronto.
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Inner city areas of the Midlands and north of England, former mining areas and declining coastal resorts were also pinpointed as blackspots by the report.
The city's drinking culture dates back to its history as a major mining town in the late 1800s, when it attracted boatloads of Europeans seeking better opportunities and a new life.
Inspired by the Depression-era Farm Security Administration photography project, its photographers shot everything from small Midwestern towns, barrios in the Southwest and coal-mining communities in Appalachia to African-Americans in Chicago, urban renewal in Kansas City and migrant farm workers in Colorado.
"Tourism is huge, but also some of the rail lines were washed out and railcars can't get to ships, interrupting the mining industry, " said Amy Norris, 59, a public information coordinator for the city, after finishing up a tour of the Fond du Lac riverfront by Coast Guard airboat.
Mining firms make up almost a fifth of the local exchange's market capitalization, and the city has become a magnet for smaller companies, which can be more-acutely affected by the volatility of the commodities cycle.
On Sunday, the rebels captured the northern city of Bambari, the third largest in the country, having earlier seized the rich diamond mining area around Bria.
Some 34, 000 jobs in the city are connected to the diamond trade, according to the Antwerp World Diamond Centre, from mining company representatives to dealers to the craftsmen who polish the stones.
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