The markets for miners got worse as the day went on. Here's what the closing bell brought to some of them. Note that most of the indices listed below include what are largely precious metals producers, and the only explorer listed is LBSR.

^XAU Off 6.75 percent;

^SPTTGD Off 7.85;

^HUI Off 7.39;

^GDM Off 7.15;

GDXJ Off 8.53;

GDX Off 7.33;

NUGT Off 21.74 percent (a gold mining-related ETF);

COPX Off 2.02 percent (a copper mining ETF);

LBSR Off 7.32 percent, not bad compared to producers, and many other explorers.

Meanwhile, let's see if the DOW is capable of surpassing it's previous high before it crashes.