Building a mine at Shaft Creek sure seems easier.....

"High in the Andes mountain range, a Chinese mining company is now in the housing construction and demolition business as it works to relocate a Peruvian town that sits in the way of its $2.2-billion (U.S.) Toromocho copper mine.

By late July, state-owned miner Chinalco says it will finish building a new city of paved roads and multistorey homes for 5,000 people currently living on the side of a giant red mountain of copper 4,500 metres above sea level."

Article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/in-peru-chinese-mining-firm-moves-a-town-to-get-to-the-copper-underneath/article4387328/