Battered Quote by Katharine Susannah Prichard

Every man has within himself a gold mine whose riches are limited only by his own industry.

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“Some miners’ wives take in washing and make more money than their husbands do. In every gold rush from this one to the Klondike,…

— John McPhee

Then there was the whole concept of coal mining, which is a culture unto itself, the most dangerous occupation in the world, and which…

— Martin Cruz Smith

All industry, not just the mining industry, can get out and give Aboriginal companies a chance.

— Andrew Forrest

The greater the wealth the thicker will be the dirt.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Instead of denying domestic mining, such as mining in Minnesota for copper and nickel, we need more of it.

— Michael Waltz

We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who…

— Aneurin Bevan

Here every man may be master and owner of his owne labour and land...If he have nothing but his hands, he may...by industrie quickly…

— John Smith

It's a business. If I could make more money down in the zinc mines I'd be mining zinc.

— Roger Maris

Any industry where there's a lot of money to be made and there are poor people involved, there's going to be some exploitation on…

— Ryan Fleck

An unskilled middle-aged man can work in the mines, and it pays well.

— Richard Flanagan

Some people, such as the unemployed coal miners and steelworkers of the Rust Belt, have been left behind by growing prosperity.

— Max Boot