How clever were the Romans? They obviously did not have any greenies around than. I don't think you would get away with their mining techniques today. Hahaha
If you do it their way, that will be a massive fire. Hahaha. You will need a few thousand slaves too.
It is amazing what they could do with just hand tools and no dynamite. You can still see it in the country side 2000 years after they left.