Mining Enthusiast Gifts

'There's no need for confusion. Part 935 of Mining Regulation 823, Section 323 in Article L clearly states . . . '

'I think you're following too close!'

"Trevor left the pit ten years ago.. but he likes to keep his hands in."

Rare earths are the key to a greenwashed, technotopian future

"When you say the meek will inherit the earth, does that include the mineral rights?"

Local rock claims to have been muse for Emily Dickinson poem "I'm that 'little stone' honest to goodness!"

"Why can't you just dig things up like normal dogs?"

"So, Mr Canary, I see you have experience as a mine safety specialist..."

'Hold everything! -- The National Endowment for the Arts changed its mind!'

"And here is the very stone that finally enabled us to figure out what all those dogs and cats were saying."

"No coal here, either - but you never know until you look."

Will you be mine?

'I think there's been some mistake...'

"The bones were bad enough, but this is just ridiculous."

A word from James Cameron. . .

What's your contingency plan, Randy? My what? If a calamity of biblical proportions were to strike here in Canardville, would you flee across the bridge to Candorville? Or would you search in vain for a fallout-resistant bunker, before surrendering to the cruel inevitability of your demise? I ask just for the sake of discussion. No reason to panic. Totally unrelated: I just found out someone who's definitely not me is selling fallout bunkers at buy-this-now-if-you-want-to-live.com. Very bad man.

Tata: Goodbuy or Goodbye?

'You'll be starting out at the bottom.'

'We're getting closer - That's a goldfish.'

'This 'Palestine' place you're giving to us - Will we have the mineral rights?'

"It looks like it's an eye bank."

'Are you sure this is where you buried your Daddy?'

"I asked you to send me over a prospectus!"

Mine Shaft of Love.

'Come to think of it son, there's not a single spot in this backyard I've not dug out sometime...'

"I think he may have progressed beyond just digging holes!!"

Unfinished Masterpiece.

"Trepanning for gold"

Mine problems

"What, no day spa? And you call this a luxury bunker."

"Apparently he needed an emergency hernia operation shortly afterwards!"

Carl Wilhelm Scheele: "There was a great display of ores and minerals...I could not write with a molybdenite pencil."

Mine Host.

"Al could you unpack these mining issues for us whilst Joel drills down to get some detail on the parcel problem."

"Yes, but the trouble is he always wears that mysterious smile."