Book Synopsis

A Thriller by Daniel R. Cobb

Greed is King and life has no value. THE MINE is a knife-edged thriller that follows a young biologist and a veterinarian, husband and wife, who naively run headlong into the ruthlessness of a corrupt mining company. Their investigation into the mine’s legality reveals fraud, deep corruption, and the likely murder of whistleblower --and this knowledge may threaten all they hold dear. Everything is at stake from page one in a story that independent reviewers call "Riveting," "Spellbinding," "Brilliant," and "Grisham-esque."

More than 25 independent reviews on Amazon.com and Goodreads.com give THE MINE 4.9 stars. Adult fiction relevant to recent news events, THE MINE is based on fact.

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The Background to THE MINE

In 1990, the Summitville Gold Mine in Colorado released a flood of cyanide, heavy metals, arsenic, and sulfuric acid into the Alamosa River, killing all aquatic life in over 17 miles of the river and contaminating downstream farmland. The Canadian company, Galactic Resources, soon filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the site. This environmental disaster is now an EPA Superfund site and to date, the EPA has spent over 200 million dollars for ongoing clean-up. This is the most expensive EPA cleanup on record and it will continue into perpetuity.

In 1990 the Brewer Gold Mine in Jefferson, South Carolina failed, flooding the Lynches River with over ten million gallons of solution containing cyanide and a long list of toxic heavy metals. The spill killed at least 11,000 fish and decimated 50 miles of the Lynches River. The Brewer Company later abandoned the site, and the leach mine is now a Federal Superfund Site. Taxpayers will be paying many millions of dollars for cleanup for decades.

These are just two examples of how gold is mined today. While fiction, THE MINE is based on Colorado's $200,000,000 Summitville Mine disaster, Europe's Aurul Mine catastrophe which decimated over 150 miles of the Danube River, and the coming environmental debacle to top them all: Alaska's 20-square mile Pebble Mine.