and the gold hill mine was opened on this beautiful 117-acre property.tastic. >> there, you see the main vein they tapped into, right there. the whole hill was claimed. and that's why they call it gold hill. but it was one of the most active mining areas in the state of arizona at that point. it's one of the more remote locations in scottsdale. there's no cell service. you can't see anything. it's like you're 100 miles from any major city, yet you're a couple of miles from luxury golf courses and people sipping pinot in a wine bar. >> walk through the nearby town of cave creek and you could still feel that gold rush vibe today. >> the ore, it was so rich, they took it out by burro to cave creek, then trucked it to prescott on a wagon. they went on a train to san francisco. and then they shipped it all the way to england for smelting. and they still make money on it. >> but, not long after the discovery came, a worldwide economic downturn. >> they canceled all the plants. so it became a very, very small worked mine. there were 14 guys and a blacksmith sho

and the gold hill mine was opened on this beautiful 117-acre property. the whole hill was claimed. and that's why they call it gold hill. but it was one of the most active mining areas in the state of arizona at that point. it's one of the more remote locations in scottsdale. there's no cell service. you can't see anything. it's like you're 100 miles from any major city, yet you're a couple of miles from luxury golf courses and people sipping pinot in a wine bar. >> walk through the nearby town of cave creek and you could still feel that gold rush vibe today. >> the ore, it was so rich, they took it out by burro to cave creek, then trucked it to prescott on a wagon. they went on a train to san francisco. and then they shipped it all the way to england for smelting. and they still make money on it. >> but, not long after the discovery came, a worldwide economic downturn. >> they canceled all the plants. so it became a very, very small worked mine. there were 14 guys and a blacksmith shop here. >> interest has been ignited a few more times over the decades

red hill mining town.song on that album. >> it was on cassette so you could only listen to it from beginning to end. >> we got to get tickets to that. do you know anybody? >> bono? >> yeah, i'll call him. >> thank you for spending part of y >>> welcome to the 9:00 hour on "news 4 today." right annoy, the future of europe and a new election hacked. the new security threat this morning as polls open in the high stakes french presidential race. >>> hundreds of miles and one goal in mind. the journey coming to a close this morning for a small group of veterans. >>> and he scores! >> oh, yeah, felt good. brings on game six. caps fans going wild as the team looks to keep its stanley cup dreams alive. you're rocking the red. >> i am. i know a lot of people will be today. >> i'm trying to do what i can with a little playoff scru if to push them back here for game seven. we'll see what happens. >> and the momentum is in our favor. >> thanks for join ugs. i'm adam tuss. >> and i'm angie goff. we want to get to your

red hill mining town.ng on that album. >> it was on cassette so you could only listen to it from beginning to end. >> we got to get tickets to that. do you know anybody? >> bono? >> yeah, i'll call him. >> thank you for spending part of y it is sunday, may 7th, 2017. your time is 7:00. let's start you off with a beautiful shot frahm aquatic park in san francisco. the waves licking the seashore, and expecting beautiful temperatures all across the bay area today. thank you so much for waking up with us this sunday. i'm vicky nguyen. vianey, we were outside yesterday. it was so windy. >> oh, yeah. warm, but windy. >> that's because there was winds up to 25, 30-plus miles per hour out there, which is why they kept the high wind advisory in effect. inland areas, i was out hire. it wasn't as windy, but the good news today, it's going to be breezy, not windy. south bay at 51 degrees. peninsula chilly at

mine was just a natural progression. >> reporter: with a mother lode of unnatural consequences. in the hillswest virginia, surface mining carries a huge cost-- nothing less than mountains themselves; the icons of this beautiful state. >> they had everything here. they had two or three post offices, i think. >> reporter: clay mullins is a former underground miner who lives near a mountaintop removal mine in pax. he endures the sound of daily explosions, and the destruction of woods where he once hunted and fished. >> i think west virginians are sacrificing too much of our mountains, our wildlife. our wildlife really suffers. i just don't like looking out and seeing the mountains get torn out the way they are. >> reporter: 10% of the land in central appalachia is now either active or reclaimed surface mines. >> the central appalachian landscape has been fundamentally changed, and it's been changed in a way that it's not going to recover from. those mountains are not going to grow back. >> reporter: emily bernhardt is a professor of biogeochemistry at duke university. she's been researching the

hill, and in get. there were various mines and smelters that operated here from 1895 to as late as 1923. we hope you to union today on "book tv" and "american history tv" as we travel to reading, california. are availablers online at c-span.org/citiestour. we have daniel krauthammer, a contributor to the weekly standard. his case, looking at what makes america great, the question at the heart of the debate of nationalism. good sunday morning, thanks for being with us. daniel krauthammer: thank you for having me. host: what is your premise? daniel krauthammer: i guess the premise is that what makes america great is not really what

hill and ingot. there were various copper mines and smelter that operated in this area from 1895 to as late as 1923. copper was discovered in shasta county in the 1860's, but early experiments to. prove profitable. one mine owner sent his origin waleses to be -- ore to to be smelted.

then i went down to los angeles and a friend of mine who lived in the hills looking over los angelesad such an extraordinary experience, i decided should i really go back to west point or should i enjoy more of this. in the end, i went back, obviously. david: at west point, judy play on the soccer team? general trays. i play on the soccer team. -- general petraeus. trays: at west point, i was in the premed program. i loved that particular body of academic inquiry. i think it was also that it was the highest academic peak all of the sudden i found the senior the program.lot in i realized at that time that i wasn't absolutely certain that i truly wanted to be a dark i wanted to climb that mountain. i had a wonderful experience. you got married just a few weeks .fter you graduated general petraeus: it was a strange blind date. david: it was nerve-racking dating her? jennifer trays: we tried to do that clandestinely for a while. classmates away from the crowd said my son-in-law my son-in-law. i took a little flat. graduated and went into infantry. you were working your way up and there w

i went down to los angeles, and a friend of mine who lived in the hills out there had such an extraordinaryience, i decided should i really go back to west point for the remaining years or enjoy more of this? i went back obviously. david: at west point did you play on the soccer team? mr. petraeus: i was on the soccer team and a skiier. david: when you graduated, did you decide you wanted to make the military your career? mr. petraeus: i wasn't sure. what was interesting, of all things at west point, i was in the premed program. i love that particular body of inquiry. i loved that it was the highest academic peak to scale. it was known as the toughest. all of a sudden i found myself , in the senior year with an actual slot in the program. i realized i wasn't absolutely certain i wanted to be a doctor. i just wanted to climb that mountain. i picked infantry instead. i had a wonderful experience. david: you got married a few weeks after you graduated to the daughter of a commandant at west point. mr. petraeus: superintendent is the overarching guy. it was a strange blind day when i found out.

this is our summer training and then i went down to los angeles and a friend of mine who lived in the hills over there overlooking los angeles, had such an extraordinary experience, i decided, should i really go back to west point for the remaining years or should i enjoy more of this? in the end, i went back, obviously. david: at west point, did you play on the soccer team? general petraeus: i was on the soccer team and a skier. david: you are also a scholar. you graduated near the top of your class, so when you graduated, did you decide you wanted to make the military your career? general petraeus: i just wasn't sure. you know, what was interesting was, of all things, at west point i was in the premed program. i love that particular body of academic inquiry. i think it was also that it was the highest academic peak to scale. it was sort of known as the toughest. all of a sudden, i found myself in the senior year with an actual slot in the program and i realized at that time i was not absolutely certain i wanted to be a doctor, i just wanted to kind of climb that mountain so i picked infan

mining company. let's check in with kevin at capitol hill for the latest. the healthcare vote. >> you're right. i made it over from the senate where all attention is going to out. it's a passage of this healthcare reform bill through the house. aid toldith one senior me, they're anticipating about 12 no votes. thatdless of the bill makes it out the house of representatives, all eyes turn to the senate where prominent republicans have severe concerns about the issue of preexisting conditions. arguing that representative upton his plans a $5 billion increase to clause over five year period, $8 billion increase isn't enough. tim scottt senator had to say to me earlier today. >> the prospects going forward it's murky. we don't have a clue. is, house planit plushed up some of the accounts for preexisting conditions for $8 billion. moregive us flexiblability. president trump has been working the phones to get enough votes to move this across the finish line. they feel they'll be able to regain some lost political capital from early on in the to get to other item. >> that is kevin cirilli. i believe t

hills. some students believe pressure on social media is what made quest love change his mine. >> i think itand also partially the bad publicity that would have come his way had he not come back given that he did like we did have a down payment for him. >> labeled best frontal by multiple magazines the pennsbury school district welcome artist such as john maher and asher roth in the past. >>> sean brace joining us now with what's on his mind tonight. sean? >> leave request alone, all right? come on he's a good guy. he's one of ours. by now you've heard all about the 76ers sam hinkie and the process. what you might not have heard about is this. a banner being raised in hinkie's honor this past tuesday night. my commentary on why you s s s s ♪ >>> sean brace takes on sixers fans not appreciating sam hinkie and his process. his commentary in 15 seconds. ♪ the night of the nba lot will he this past tuesday night my phone was going off and the main reason wasn't about the sixers being awarded third overall pick in the upcoming draft. nope. it was because of a sam hinkie banner being raised to the

both the korean and vietnam veteran memorials in society hill saw nice turn outs for ceremonies many local war veterans day memorial day mystery mine us of the reality it's of war and the lessons they can teach future generation. >> i remember we were all issued dog tags in school, you know, to wear with our name and phone number on it and i still have it, you know, in case something happened and the children today don't realize. >> my family particularly take it as dave service. so there's no picnics or things like that. we actually dedicate ourselves to the fallen. >> organizers are now raising money for pow/mia memorial on columbus boulevard in society hill. would it stand tall in september of 2018 if all goes as planned. >>> tonight we're hearing from the family of three people who died in house fire in north philadelphia. two children and grandma lost their lives yesterday >> testing. >> testing. >> ment. >> testing. >> testing. 52-year-old grandmother monique. their family tells us the grandmother raised the little boy and girl from birth and today they put up a small memorial outside the home. >> we're all trying to stay str

also when they come to capitol hill to testify, they bring water that is tainted and say this water has been tainted by the mining process and show lawmakers, but it doesn't seem to make a difference in the political discussion. pro mining and the people who are for more regulation will keep on without belief. doesn't seem to make that much of a difference. when it comes to the minor health care, what happened there, support these two benefit plans. they decided to start off with health care because they thought doing pension and health care was too much of a lift. many republicans were skeptical of doing both, so then they addressed the health care issue. supporters of this will tell you there was a promise made to coal miners and to the union for the government to backstop their pensions and that goes back to when president truman took over the coal mines and the negotiations. there was a promise to do this, since then the federal government has stepped in in other occasions to backstop those union benefits, including a couple decades ago to legislation having to do with mine reclamation. they extended a progra

mines and improvised explosive devices. they did it by carrying that road for miles and days across mt. general in hills, through fields, forests and rivers. they did it carrying letters for their friends which they promised to deliver to their family should anything ever happen to them. they did it while missing births and birthdays and ballgames and bath times and holidays and every other good time they missed with their families. they did it in the face of mortal kombat. they did it while holding the lives of their friends and the lives of their enemies in their hands. we honor those we remember who are not with us today i taking no charge more seriously than honoring their sacrifice with the lies -- with the lives that we now live. what those heroes have done in defense of our nation can never be taken away from them. that what we do in defense cannot be taken away by the years that have passed. if we endeavor to be warriors willing to defend america at any and all costs, those we remember our a testament to the importance of the values and to the fabric, those absolutes, thank god for the men and w

hill. so the other night, this friend every mine, she is sing a wing a wet, wing a wet.lion sleeps tonight. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> ♪ and i say: oh, ya, song popular in the early 60s. what? no, that's from the lion king. >> ♪ >> this is my life. >> tell me about it. >> right? the early 60s. >> but you're wrong. >> originally from the 30's? >> yes, it is a hunting song by solomonian the evening birds. >> i apologize to solomonian the evening birds. because they were one of my favorites. >> back in the 30's? >> so what you are talking about with her, they should be talking about with you. >> exactly. solomon what? >> okay, sorry. sorry linda. >> i had one of those moment, too, on my instagram, on my facebook page. that when i got my drivers license renewal. >> i'll look that up. >> look it up. we've got our number of the day today. it is a seven out of ten. improvement from yesterday. but still some areas of fog, in fact, seems to be getting a little worse before it get better. bus stop buddy, just in case umbrella, for those pop up showers and thunderstorms later on. we're down to m

hill studio by manuel quinones, deputy editor of environment and energy news. let's talk about the rock itself. what are the main types of coal that our mind in united states -- that are mined in the united states? guest: you have endocyte coal in pennsylvania -- anthracite coal in pennsylvania. then you have a type of coal it is moregnite -- brown, has less energy. it is still used, especially in north dakota. there is a plant in mississippi that now wants to use lignite coal. it ranges. host: you talk about the ranges of coal. what kind of mines are there in the united states? guest: many people assume all coal plants -- many are used to make iron and steel. mines are for that etal -- how much countries are developing how much steel we need to make buildings. host: manuel quinones is our first guest this morning. special phone lines today. we want to hear your comments -- coal miners and family members of coal miners, 202-748-8001. otherwise, lines are split up regionally. ,entral and eastern time zones 202-748-8000. mountain pacific time zones, 202-748-8002. let's talk about the power plants themselves. where will you find coal power plants in the united states? guest: t

hill above, watching them. and right behind the cage -- a seemingly bottomless cliff, planted with land mines, said their captorske, 36 hours or something. how did you feel? >> well, exhausted, physically, spiritually, mentally -- >> and then they present you with this. >> and you see this piece of crap. and this guy told us, "get in." and you want to resist. you want to fight it. 'cause, you know, you're not an animal. >> reporter: this is gerfa's cousin, the young man who forced the kidnappers to take him so he could protect her and kevin. >> he takes the shorter place here. i will sleep here. and kevin will take the longest area of the cage, because he is taller. we cannot move. we take one spot and that's it. >> reporter: they sat in silence, forbidden to speak. they were, bit by bit, starved. fed a little rice and dried fish -- a single plate per day to share. then one night, about a week after they'd been taken hostage, the group's leader told gerfa about the price abu sayyaf had put on her head. that 10 million they demanded from heiko. >> i felt my whole body just collapse. i knew if i cannot convince hi

hill?itol from myy mnuchin: standpoint i hope we can work with both democrats and republicans. we had the opportunity to work with your staff. mine will be sitting down with staff later in the week. we hope to find common ground on making business taxes competitive. we have a system that is uncompetitive theory we need to put workers back to work. the budget has reached 3%. there were a number of policies including cutting infrastructure, boosting energy production and reducing deficits to improve the supply side of the economy. it is not unheard of that the administration places the leaf on the efficacy of its policy -- belief on the efficacy of its policies. 3.8% -- he was extended to over three years. that was premised on their belief in the policy prescriptions, particularly the impact of the stimulus. could you spend time explaining why the administration believes that its policy proposals are including but not limited to tax reform can generate sustained higher economic growth? we firmlymnuchin: believe that a combination of tax reform, regulatory belief, and trade policies will return sustainedls of 3% economic growth with

mine is. >> there you go. [ laughter ] >>> we are tracking an accident that is slowing folks down trying to make their way into morgan hill. northbound 101, right at dunn avenue, and a car hit the center divide and we're getting reports of quite a bit of fluid leaking into the roadway causing a hazard for drivers making their way past there. expect delays. traffic is backed up to about this area, northbound 101, and heading north, through san jose, we're spotting the typical slowdowns. 680, north main street, reports of an accident in the southbound direction, that would be in the tail lights on the right side of your screen. so far, so good. no delays. the bay ridge, yellow, 25- minute, a check of your traffic. i'll send it over to you. >>> it's a skyscraper here, the height, 970 feet, 61 floors, and the extra footage is because of the observation floor. doesn't it look like, with the cranes, it's going, help me, help me, i'm sinking. the marine layer is 1200 feet deep and this is about 1,000 feet, and season that really pretty this morning. all right. the low clouds of fog, causing a dent in the temperatures next to the

mines. i'm not doing it. oh, it is three miles up a hill. honest to god you ask him. four vans going up the hill. e property man." we went to this gold mine in scottsdale, air son. ainsley: we're glad you didn't die. we'll watch the program tomorrow on fbn. comes on friday united states, 8:30 p.m. thanks so much bob. great to see you. >> thanks, ainsley. thanks, steve. ainsley: coming up next we head outside where famous dave himself is cooking barbecue with janice. steve: take bill hemmer's order for lunch. >> safe some more me. good morning, guys. is this the day republicans vote to replace obamacare. will they fulfill a campaign promise and make health care better? tom price is our guest. meeting with james comey behind closed doors first he talks to us about susan rice and others. there is more. congress going after north korea. we'll tell you what all that is about today. may the 4th be with you on this may 4th. see you in ten minutes, top of the hour. ♪ ainsley: we're excited because we have ribs on the plaza. may is national barbecue month. we're kicking it off with america's rib king, famo

joined here in the capitol hill studio by the deputy editor of the provincial energy news from the coal industry is in the united states what are the main types of coal mined in the united states?. >> you to go from black to brown song that is mined in eastern pennsylvania is the not as much now. and then that type that is used for power plants than the type that is more brown and has less ability to produce energy but it is used in north dakota lot so that ranges to their different based and what part of the country. >> you talk about their ranges of coal talk about the mines.

autria: mine for three men i got out of a physical and fired -- vehickle and fired 30 shots. this is right by some apartment buildings on capitol hillo sons walking home from a birth the party when the men opened fire. elded theren -- shi children with her body. >> it was a miracle nobody was hit. >> the terrifying part is they were in the middle the sidewalk on the corner with no disguise or cover. just firing. autria: the men were said to have assault style weapons and to the police are looking for them this morning, trying to find out what motivated their actions. larry: new developments, a d.c. hospital trying to get back on track after a report found that patients were being treated in deplorable conditions. this hospital was a real mess. reporter: it is. and o listed in the 10 page report. will begin meeting tonight at 7:00 p.m. and it will give patients the opportunity to talk about the issues and quality of care they have received here at the va hospital. when it comes to the report, the issues it talks about are just heartbreaking when you think about our veterans and how they are treated. the report talks about safety issu

hill, the politics that have swirled around the clinton investigation and the russian influence on the investigation. i am not totally shocked. i knew there had been voices within the fbi, friends and associates of mine outside the fbi who have been critical of how far the doctor went last year in july. some of his comments. and they agreed with rosenstein's assessment that the director went too far. but i will tell you, having worked with jim comey, he has the heart of a boy scout. he has a moral compass. i think jim comey has slept well with the decisions he's made. i think we heard some of his justification for those decisions in his testimony last week. i don't think the director has missed a lot of sleep because he things he did wrong. my experience with him, i was the director of criminal. i tens of thousands of cases under me, and this director is not one that's ever going to come to you and say "here's the result we want in this case or in any given case." it's about finding the truth and looking at the facts, understanding how the fax line up with the law and doing the right thing. the fortunate thing i think for america is this institution is bigger than jim comey. i do think he was widely

mine. i cannot help them in the same way, i cannot have the direct impact. i just wish we all operated from that place. if everyone on capitol hill down to every statehouse, every kitchen, every company, just operated from that place of what is best for our kids, what what i want for my grandchild, what what i want for my daughter, my son, my neighbor? if we operated from that place, these issues would be so clear. it would be easier for us. so with that said, i'm going to continue to work on this issue. there is nothing more important than our kids health. we can give them all the money in the world, we can give them a great education, and we are not doing that as well as we should. we can expose them. but if we really want to make this country great, then our kids need to be healthy, and they need to have access to the best, and not just some of them, but all of them. they need the best that we can give them. i think that pha, the work you are doing here, is just beginning to take off. we will spend the next year figuring out what that looks like. what are the next steps, how can i be of help? how can i be a good partner? that

hill, the politics that have swirled around the clinton investigation and the russian influence on the investigation. i am not totally shocked. i knew there had been voices within the fbi, friends and associates of mine outside the fbi who have been critical of how far the doctor went last year in july. some of his comments. and they agreed with rosenstein's assessment that the director went too far. but i will tell you, having worked with jim comey, he has the heart of a boy scout. he has a moral compass. i think jim comey has slept well with the decisions he's made. i think we heard some of his justification for those decisions in his testimony last week. i don't think the director has missed a lot of sleep because he things he did wrong. my experience with him, i was the director of criminal. i tens of thousands of cases under me, and this director is not one that's ever going to come to you and say "here's the result we want in this case or in any given case." it's about finding the truth and looking at the facts, understanding how the fax line up with the law and doing the right thing. the fortunate thing i think for america is this institution is bigger than jim comey. i do think he was widely

mine too the spas mattics are tomorrow night. excellent local band take the stage here. free concerts each night. it's looking good out here. it was 91 today in antioch tying you with morgan hill. 90 for napa and livermore. san jose 87. fremont 84. so yes, we were warm. even near the water. and san francisco your warmest day since the second day of may, 75 degrees today. your fair forecast the weather will be fair at the fair. antioch tomorrow and sunday low 90s likely to continue both weekend days. "bay to breakers" on sunday. nice running weather. low to mid-60s. partly cloudy skies. a little bit of coastal morning fog. otherwise, a beautiful day in san francisco to be a beautiful weekend in san francisco. the reason why we're seeing milder weather especially away from the water is this ridge of high pressure. it's going to hang out and center just to our west all weekend long. we look not only is there a ridge of high pressure but where is it centered? that will give us our wind direction and that's critical because we get a strong ocean breeze like last week and everybody is chilly. if we get an offshore wind everybody warms up. we have a pattern in between where we stay c

about to of mine is finish a senior thesis about an obscure prison rights case in the mid-19th remedies that took place after a ride in the bedford hills women's prison. guards and the prince violate the prisoners privacy rights? on thiss split question, radical feminists versus liberal feminist in a classic debate. eventually the aclu women's rights project led by ginsburg took the side of the union and equalityguards and won trumps privacy, but it was a very close and complicated question. i could go on borrowing the exam. panelists raised so brilliantly. stimulated by releasing these papers. of the paper any givers would agree with this formulation. that is maybe the provocation. to these papers and the books that underlie them lend a period that has ended? do they describe to use the familiar cliches of historical practice, a lost world, a world we have lost, a foreign country? was there an age of privacy? perhaps one that began as property conceptions were freed from land in the late 19th century as information became of the value in addition to the lauren and brandeis article. which may be important, and also the automobile has t

totudent of mine is about finish a senior thesis about and it's your prison rights case in the mid-1970's that took place after a ride in the bedford hills women's prison, it is called -- prisonle guards in the violate the prisoners privacy rights? feminists were split on this question, radical feminists against liberal feminists, a classic debate. eventually the aclu women's rights project led by ginsburg took the side of the union and the male guards and one equality trumps privacy. andas a very close complicated question. i could go on borrowing examples that the panelists raised a brilliantly. i don't think any of the paper givers would agree with this formulation but that is the provocation. do these papers and the books when it.rlie them began and when that has ended, do they describe to use the familiar cliches of historical practice, a lost world, and will we have lost, a foreign country. was there an age of privacy? perhaps one that began as property conceptions were free from land in the late 19th century. as information became of value in addition to the war. you can look to the ins versus a peak is from 1919 which may be impo

mines of explosive devices. they walked miles across mountains and rolling hills, forests and rivers and did it while carrying letters for their friends which they promised to deliver to their familiar list should anything happen to them. they did it while missing births and birthdays and ball games and bath times and holidays and every other good time that they missed with their families. they did it in the face of mortal combat. they did it while holding both the lives of their friends and the lives of our enemies in their hands. and we honor those we remember who are not with us today by taking no charge more seriously than honoring their sacrifice with the lives that we now live. what those heroes have done in defense of our nation can never be taken away from them. and we must remember that so, too, what we do here in defense cannot be taken away by the years that past if we endeavor to be warriors willing to defend america at any andal costs. those we remember are a testament to the values and ideals sewn into the fabric of our nation. thank god for men and women like that for creating such patriots for us to r

hill. >> shannon: joining us for more on all these topics brit hume. great to see you. let's start with healthcare. the senate says they're starting from scratch and there are minelds from the gop. senator collins and mckowski said if it defunds planned parenthood they don't want to talk about it. rand paul won't vote for a subsidy. do you think it gets through to the president's desk? >> not a very appetizing menu there. mitch mcconnell's skills to try to engineer some product through his committees that can pass the senate and then be reconciled with the house version so that you end up with a bill that it can go back to both houses and be passed again. there is a long, long way to go. people are saying we're halfway there with the house bill. i would say we're probably a quarter of the way there. there are three more steps that will have to be taken, none of them easy, in order to bring this to legislation. only then, i think, can we seriously talk about the political impact of that or the actual impact on our health insurance system. >> shannon: that will take time. something very immediate today this hearing that will involve former acting attorney general

joined here in the capitol hill studio by the deputy editor of the provincial energy news from the coal industry is in the united states what are the main types of coal mined in the united states?. >> you to go from black to brown song that is mined in eastern pennsylvania is the not as much now. and then that type that is used for power plants than the type that is more brown and has less ability to produce energy but it is used in north dakota lot so that ranges to their different based and what part of the country. >> you talk about their ranges of coal talk about the mines. >> a lot of people assume all coal mines are power plants. but there are a lot of minds and there is the big marketlants for our metallurgical coal you estimate coal and steel and iron. a lot of the exports of overseas are for that metallurgical coal. it is and the power plant regulations but how much countries are developing and how much steel bidi to build >> there is speculation is our today our guest this morning should note that as we talk about the subject we have special phone lines would to hear your comments or if a.m. -- remembers manuel quinones we talk about the coals an

mine. some lanes out by massachusetts blocked and then also mc arthur boulevard still closed for water main break repairs between reservoir road and fox hillad seeing heavier traffic as your alternate. gw parkway sappled jammed up through 123 to crash cleared to powder mill road but heavy delays still linger back to 198. 32 also dealing with some really heavy traffic on the inbound side toward bw parkway. 95 southbound very heavy so as you head from the baltimore beltway at the capital beltway huge delays there. these crashes did clear aft gw parkway but we are seeing very heavy volume there inbound key bridge stacked as well. northbound 295 we have a new crash at 11th street bridge. inbound side also completely jammed up once you get off the 11th street bridge and southbound side 295 basically a parking lot. metro is getting back to beg on time right now except for safetrack that is still slowing down the orange line. back to you guys. >> believe it or not looks like romance may be in the air at the national zoo. okay. may shouldn't is the zoo 18-year-old giant pad pan dan she's in heat. the national zoo says she's been restless hasn't be

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hill and ingot. there were various copper mines and smelter that operated in this area from 1895 to as late as 1923. copper was discovered in shasta county in the 1860's, but early experiments to. prove profitable. one mine owner sent his origin waleses to be -- ore to to be smelted. the iron mountain mine had been mined for gold and silver was discovered to have copper. it was purchased by capitalists from the united kingdom, and they proceeded to develop the .ine within the span of a year or two, it became the largest mining operation in the state. smelting on-site began in 1896, and the thing that is remarkable about the ore in iron mountain is that it is comprised of 42% , and sulfur has a bad effect on plant life. at iron mountain is so sulfurous they had to process it before it was smelted, and this was done through open air roasting. they would take the copper ore and pile it in massive piles eight feet high, hundreds of feet long. wood, ande on top of it would be ignited. it would burn for about two months. the san francisco reporter that visited the hound of ken zwick compared the -- the to