We rely almost exclusively here on mineral extraction for income, but virtually everyone had electric cars. 

With that said there are plenty of words we could use, heck society use minerals to label all of the time.

“Broker” means a person who, for another, and for a compensation or valuable consideration directly or indirectly paid or promised, expressly or impliedly, or with an intent to collect or receive a compensation or valuable consideration therefor, appraises, auctions, sells, exchanges, buys, rents, or offers, attempts or agrees to appraise, auction, or negotiate the sale, exchange, purchase, or rental of business enterprises or business opportunities or any real property or any interest in or concerning the same, including mineral rights or leases, or who advertises or holds out to the public by any oral or printed solicitation or representation that she or he is engaged in the business of appraising, auctioning, buying, selling, exchanging, leasing, or renting business enterprises or business opportunities or real property of others or interests therein, including mineral rights, or who takes any part in the procuring of sellers, purchasers, lessors, or lessees of business enterprises or business opportunities or the real property of another, or leases, or interest therein, including mineral rights, or who directs or assists in the procuring of prospects or in the negotiation or closing of any transaction which does, or is calculated to, result in a sale, exchange, or leasing thereof, and who receives, expects, or is promised any compensation or valuable consideration, directly or indirectly therefor; and all persons who advertise rental property information or lists.

You need to look at maps prepared by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI).  

If someone else is better equipped to handle the flip or something legitimate is found out about the property (cloudy title, mineral rights gone, easement through pool).

The point being.... it wasn't the miners (wholesalers)  that made it. 

@James Ritter   its a west coast history item.. but think of the gold rush's in the mid 1800's in CA and other western states.. who made the money.. it was not the miners it was those that supplied the pots and pans... :)And it think whats happening is a trend .. one you have so Much information on TV about getting rich in RE.. you have this phenom called BP with its 350k readers and the next thing you know you have all sorts of folks who think RE is the way to get rich easily and quickly and then they start reading ..

@Frank Iglesias  and the marketing companies that sell all these newbies the materials to try to get into wholesale love it.. remember its was the one's who sold the pots and pans to the gold miners that made the millions...

I am sure minerals, mining, water rights etc are issues in Colorado that I know nothing about. 

Any person who violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as provided in s. 775.082 or s. 775.083, or, if a corporation, as provided in s. 775.083.Florida Real Estate License Law requires that an individual who, for another, in Florida , for Compensation* or valuable consideration will need a real estate license if they perform any of the following when dealing with real property: AppraisesAuctionsSellsExchangesRentsNegotiates a saleAdvertises or represents as an individual involved in the real estate business, through either oral or written representationProcures sellers, purchasers, lessors, business enterprises or business opportunitiesCloses any transaction which results in or is calculated to result in a sale or exchange and who expects to receive ANY compensation or valuable considerationReal property or real estate means any interest or estate in land, or enterprise or business opportunity, including any assignment, leasehold, sub-leasehold or mineral rights.