And of course, it wasn't actually a working mine anymore, because, though Ray was a miner there, the mine had closed and had been reopened as a kind of tourist attraction, because, of course, it can't compete on the scale of operations which are happening in South America, Australia, wherever.
E ovviamente non era più una miniera attiva perché, sebbene Ray fosse un minatore, la miniera era stata chiusa e riaperta come attrazione turistica dato che, ovviamente, non può competere con le dimensioni delle operazioni che hanno luogo in Sud America, in Australia e così via.