About the story, TMQ pointed out two interesting things:
1.  There was a canyon full of the stuff ripe for the taking.
2.  There's something called horizontal drilling, which allows to mine under something without destroying it.

Ergo: James Cameron stinks.

WARK!

Thus Spoketh Winterclaw: a blog about a Winterclaw who speaks from time to time.

 

(using Poser Pro 2014 SR3, on 64 bit Win 7, poser units are inches.)