This is so far from the truth that it's not even funny.
There are tonnes of surface metal deposits, it's just you'd get shot for opening a mine there because it's in the middle of the national park.
Also, what do you call a 'garbage dump' other than a surface deposit rich in metals?
All of the metals we've ever mined are on the surface. We didn't put them back down into the mine... (or at least when we did it's the open pit variety)
How do you mine rust? Or thin surfaces of precious metals on electronics without the availability of chemicals which take a lot of fossil fuels to manufacture?
There are tonnes of surface metal deposits, it's just you'd get shot for opening a mine there because it's in the middle of the national park.
Also, what do you call a 'garbage dump' other than a surface deposit rich in metals?
All of the metals we've ever mined are on the surface. We didn't put them back down into the mine... (or at least when we did it's the open pit variety)