4). What they are trying to say is that mining has no benefits and depends on the success of the economy. While this is very understandable for people to feel this way, especially when looking at the negative aspects of mining or the environmental impact alone it could lead many to believe that mining has no positive aspects. These are things many will agree on. Now, if that were the case, mining would never have been as successful as it was when it started. For some countries, mining has become the main source of income and is the most successful market for trade. The extraction of natural resources from mining creates products or goods that can be sold in domestic and international markets. Many of these goods are exported around the world or destined for consumption by other nations. This creates GDP and brings in money for the country. This then becomes an important factor in a country's economy, because it has now become a commodity for trade or sale. Another thing to note is that the economy can be heavily influenced by the success of mined minerals used for trade. If another country stops purchasing the product, the value of this good decreases, creating a change in the market. However, mining creates hundreds of thousands of jobs in the United States alone. The United States has many mining operations