Pretty interesting, though I’m not sure how I feel about the word “smectite” or the fact that it existed in great quantities at the southern tip of Thacker Pass.

America would strip mine anything if there was enough money in it.

Would 2 and 2 make 4?

It’s an extinct volcano, so yes.

The current state of American capitalism is $ > anything. So yeah, I suspect we would.

the mountain west would make a new volcano to allow them to strip mine it if they could.

Of course they would.