Digging up the past

By Paul Kalina
December 31 2012 - 3:00am
No stone unturned ... mining has been a part of our history since the gold-rush era.
No stone unturned ... mining has been a part of our history since the gold-rush era.

What happens when the mining boom ends is a question that keeps many awake at night, from politicians and economists, to highly paid miners and getting-by city dwellers who have been spared the hardships of a recession that has hit just about every other developed nation.

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