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.
Y, por supuesto, ya no era una mina activa porque, aunque Ray era minero, la mina había cerrado y volvió a abrir como atracción turística porque, obviamente, no puede competir con la magnitud de las actividades que tienen lugar en América del Sur, Australia, etc.