While mining the charm of an 80-year-old story, it takes a very modern theatrical approach.
Manufacturing output fell by 0.5%, while mining output, which includes offshore oil and gas production, dropped by 9.1%.
Silver producer Fresnillo leapt 5.2%, gold miner Randgold gained 4.8%, while mining giant BHP Billiton rose 4.2% and Anglo American picked up 3.5%.
In response, the US funded the Contras, which carried out a systematic, terrorist war against the Sandinista revolution, while mining Nicaraguan harbours.
For years I have been serving a Bellevue nurse who lost half a finger to an industrial fan while mining its lint for dolls she makes.
Bangkok and Hong Kong have also developed as important stone-cutting hubs, while mining countries like Tanzania are increasingly developing local cutting expertise to capture value-added revenue.
The diggers were Dori Hadar, 29, and Frank Beylotte, 32, friends from Washington who met a year ago at a Salvation Army store while mining for funk and soul gold.
Platinum is in demand with Johnson Matthey up 25p at £20.38 following upgrades from JP Morgan Cazenove and Deutsche Bank while mining group Lonmin has been lifted 19p to £15.95.
Leading shares have moved sharply higher on hopes that a solution to Greece's financial troubles can be found, while mining groups have been boosted by an Australian interest rate cut.
Because reclamation was implemented while mining activities occurring, it is called Concurrent Mining and Reclamation (CMR).
A new algorithm is designed for handling fuzziness while mining large data.
