Probably not. These aren't sustainable jobs, because mining economies are always boom-bust. The highest-paying jobs will go to people the company brings in from elsewhere. The people of Ferry County will be serving them in restaurants and cleaning their motel rooms. But on the bright side, the people of Ferry County might eventually cash in when the time comes to clean up the mess that gold mines always leave behind. Of course, that depends on whether there's any money left to fund the clean-up.