for the navajo nation it might mean mining the past.t the story from casey kaufman. >> they are some of the most iconic landscapes of america. far off the beaten paths, is another side of the navajo nation. where energy companies dig up the land in search of minerals. this coal mine is one mile away from cynthia dixon's home. she lives here without electricity or running water. she says those are the small part of her problems. >> i got sheep buried out there, lambs that they got sick. sick from. maybe from the blasting or that gray dust that they were eating. and lost about 15 lambs in one month. >> but it's not just the livestock cynthia's worried about. she says living here has taken a toll on her own health too. >> sometimes we get runny nose even when we don't have a cold we get runny nose and cough and sometimes feel nauseated. >> so when bhp bellitin announced they were pulling out, was good news for cynthia, and soon there was a new investor the navajo nation itself, her own tribe. >> this is all about money. nobody cares about

casey kaufman, al jazerra in the navajo nation. >> going the way of the walk man and floppy disks.r gadgets have quickly become obsolete but there is a place where people are trying to save those tech dinosaurs and all the information they hold. ♪ ♪ this is the 900- >> floppy disk, vhs tapes, zip drives they are all considered antiques of the electronic age, but sometimes they hold irreplaceable information or precious memories. as technology advances, this old media is in danger of vanishing forever. but as erica ferrari tells us, one knew see up is trying to change -- museum is trying to change this. there is an archeological dig of sorts happening at new york's new me assume artists and the general public are flocking towards a dub transfer station, where they are trying to help retrieve materials trapped on outdated technology. >> zip drives, jazz drives or old floppy differents being we can relates do this problem when we think about vhs and what has happened to those collections containing hope movies. >> reporter: experimental filmmaker colleen brought in dozens of tapes fro