Mining Mugs

Mine Host.

'Those two alone should ensure I become a wealthy lawyer.'

The birth of the data mining industry (circa 1880): 'I ain't sure what it is, Clyde, but there's a vein of it as wide as yer Aunt Tillie!'

'There! another batch of clean coal.'

'C'mon guy. You know I can't serve miners.'

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

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

'I think you're following too close!'

Either we're going to be very rich or we're being exposed to so much radiation that we won't last that long.

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

"That was a nice smooth stop. My one concern is that it was right on my truck!"

'Forty years out of touch with civilization, but with this $5000 worth of gold, we'll live like kings for the rest of our lives.'

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

Miners

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

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

"My granddaughter wants me to stop blowing the tops off mountains."

"...These are chicken nuggets."

'What do you mean, you forgot about the coalmining search?'

"Cobalt? Titanium? What I'm looking for is lithium, columbium and yttrium."

"Have you come across any of the rate earths - praseodymium, gadolinium, dysprosum - stuff like that?"

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

"If it's all the same to you chief, I'd like to work from home tomorrow."

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

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

Mine Shaft of Love.

'Claims Direct' 'Gold mine'

'You said you'd pre-board unaccompanied miners.'

How coal creates jobs

The imaginary consequences of Punch's scheme for sending convicts to California.

'I hope you're a member of the miners' union.'

'Bats.' (Baseball bats in a cave).

'Here, we've unearthed a layer of granite, a layer of calcite, and a layer of erudite.'

"I found her in town. She's a real gold digger."

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