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.

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

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

It’s an extinct volcano, so yes.

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

Would 2 and 2 make 4?

Of course they would.