The 2007 Survey Results of U.S. Metal and Industrial Mineral Mine Salaries, Wages, and Benefits gives you the information you may need to determine if your wage or salary is fair; or at least is in line with what everybody else earns.   Here are a few observations and comparisons of income that struck me.

As the news frequently tells, the guys at the very top are making top dollars.  With ten companies reporting, the average 2007 salary for the Chairman of a major mining company was $1.14 million (M). 

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The good thing about weekends is that you can read comic books and listen to Amy Winehouse with a clear conscience. One comic book I will read this weekend is EXTRACTION. This raucous publication is well described at this link. Here are two paragraphs to whet your appetite–or put you off entirely.

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