Pros
There's gold in them thar hills.. There is work to do if they keep the bad weather at bay long enough to get something done they might get near that vein of gold. Talent and experience is needed. If they accept that they will be on the right trail.
Cons
In the mine someone keeps killing the Canary unless it agrees to sing the wrong song. And miners get buried alive. Pretty soon the miners aren't going to get in the trenches if they can't see a light at the end of the tunnel. Let me say that if they do see a light I will guarantee it's a train and there is no where to flee for safety. . You've got To cull those in charge of the infrastructure collapses. Not the canaries or the miners. Then you could most likely say there's a gold mine out there somewhere. They just have to let it be found and mined.