Peabody Coal, Black Mesa, AZ. open pit mining that sends coal via slury line (contaiminating the fresh water) to Las Vegas and southern CA coal power plants. The Navajo Nation gets 37 cents/ton, a revenue of $60 M /year. But the private corporations are gaining $4-5 /ton of coal. A strange predicament. Also this mine will be shut down in a year or so since the power plant it feeds is not meeting sulfur emission levels. 700 + jobs will be lost to the Navajo people, already with roughy 40% unemployment rate. How to use the resources available, while maintaining land integrity, and economic development?