We need to look at state severence taxes on mining and mining needs to remain an economic force here. Taxation is still dominated somewhat by the Federal 1872 Mining Law which was established 4 years prior to the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The " you can't tax us or we'll die" is equal to " we can't mine cause we'll destroy Mother Earth" mentality. We also need to look at modern innovations that don't rely on cyanide heap leaching.