I also will say, if you look at those 59 claims, 56 or 57 of them--leaving 1 or 2 of modern mines--all the rest of mines that are very, very old. That does not mean the mining industry should not be involved in cleaning those up. I think they should be, and I think they want to be. I think that is appropriate.
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