his name was otis sweiger and one of the things he said is that democracy is fragile. it doesn't take much. >> what happens to the town here and to the people here if this mine doesn't go through? >> we need our community to exist. and if we don't get something here, our community going to continue to decline and you're gonna see, continue to see an area of high poverty. >> mm-hmm. >> nobody wants poverty, nobody. >> five generations are here. my great-grandfather started it, you know, i ain't going to let it go. >> we ain't leaving. >> if this place were ruined because of the water, could you just pick up and go somewhere else and do this? >> hell, no. it's all here. it lives with us. we live with it. it lives in us. it's, it's not, it's not like you can take me from this farm and put me in another farm and it's going to feel the same. it doesn't. >> it's just not there. your roots are your roots. >> despite growing opposition, the company is on pace to file for a mining permit before 2016. >> a movement is starting and that's what's going to stop this. >> somewhere i