They said $8-an-hour jobs could not replace $20-an-hour mining jobs, but they would help.

Cobbledick decided to quit his mining job, and start his writing career at $25 per week.

Changes in government policy eliminated many unionised mining jobs after 1985 and some radio stations were sold or ceased to exist.

It begins with the man trying to sign up for a mining job, but fails after the foreman tells him there is no work there.

Automation has eliminated almost half a million mining jobs and, at the same time, increased mine production.

After the local mining jobs were lost many in the community fell back upon providing goods and services.

Proponents of the project say that the first mining phase will last 35 years and create 700 direct mining jobs.

Between the mid-1950s and 1967, 17 000 mining jobs were lost from an original total of 42 000.

Hope you take this opportunity to come over - it's a mining job and right up your street.

Since 1985, 230,000 mining jobs have been lost.