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AB 426 passes
Last evening, AB 426, which I testified in favor of, passed the Assembly. Below is a link to how the representatives voted: http://ow.ly/8IHLu… more →
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An Updated Map of Lake Superior Mining
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wrote 1 week ago: The Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission has produced this updated map of Lake Superior m … more →
Oh! The Places I've Been - "Q" is for QUONOCHONTAUG
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wrote 1 month ago: Were you wondering what I’d come up with for the letter Q? Perhaps you were thinking Quebec Ca … more →
Findings Mixed In Iron Range Lung Cancer Study
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wrote 1 month ago: MOUNTAIN IRON, Minn. (AP) — University of Minnesota researchers say taconite workers face an increas … more →
Photo 41 - UBB-HAA-116
wrote 3 months ago: A blacksmith (“mir”) is digging to locate a vein of iron rich ferricrete sandstone. The mining area … more →
Photo 42 - UBB-HAA-79
wrote 3 months ago: A blacksmith crushing ferricrete sandstone for iron smelting at the mining area of Jebel Tayu about … more →
Why are Republicans rushing through a bad mining bill?
wrote 3 months ago: Gogebic Taconite has an option on mineral rights in a 22 mile-long swath of the Penokee Hills. That … more →
The Gritty Iron Town
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wrote 3 months ago: “Iron birthed red, torn from the earth and miners and townsfolk took its colors and ways, reds of du … more →
What harm could mining do in the watershed of the BWCA and headwaters of the Mississippi River?
wrote 6 months ago: A view of Northern Minnesota as the battle rages for copper, sulfide mining near the Boundary Waters … more →
The Development Of Crusher Machine iron ore mining
wrote 8 months ago: China’s resource-based industry has long been dominated by extensive development, exploitation … more →
Locals Finally Speak on WI Mining Bill
wrote 1 year ago: Wendy Thiede, a resident of Iron County, Wisconsin, published a good article on Wisconsin’s co … more →
AB 426 passes
wrote 1 year ago: Last evening, AB 426, which I testified in favor of, passed the Assembly. Below is a link to how the … more →
Treasurer's Testimony on AB 426 from Wednesday, January 11
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wrote 1 year ago: Testimony of Wisconsin State Treasurer Kurt Schuller Before the Wisconsin State Assembly Committee o … more →
George Washington, canals, and geology
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wrote 1 year ago: I grew up in Virginia, in the middle of the Blue Ridge Mountains. At 18, when I went off to Minnesot … more →
Mining Event Protested by Activists/Retired Miner
wrote 2 years ago: from Wisconsin Public Radio, via the Ashland Current: Environmental activists protested the mining i … more →
Shays at Desert Mound
wrote 2 years ago: I have rearranged and updated the pages for the iron ore mining, and iron and steel manufacturing pa … more →
End of Year Update
wrote 2 years ago: We have come a long way since September. The project team has scanned the last of the Mining Departm … more →
Read about the CCI Project Origins in the Marquette Mining Journal
wrote 2 years ago: http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/540134.html … more →
Deadliest Maoist Raid Highlights Mittal, Posco India Challenge
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wrote 3 years ago: Bloomberg | April 7, 2010 | 05:01 EDT The deadliest attack on Indian security forces in four decades … more →
Minnesota Doesn’t Need Irresponsible Mining
wrote 3 years ago: I have spent my lifetime on the Iron Range, watching the expansion of open pits and piles of waste r … more →
