Marquette, MI – Matt Johnson, director of the Governor’s Office for the Upper Peninsula, has resigned from his post and now works for Rio Tinto, the parent company of Kennecott Minerals. The company has an office in Ishpeming, MI, and is seeking to develop a nickel-copper mine on the Yellow Dog Plains, in addition to other mineral projects in the area.

This blog explores the Polish community of Calumet, Houghton Co., Michigan.They were not the largest ethnic group- but many Midwestern families trace their ancestry back to a miner in Calumet. The first settlers were from German Poland. The 1910 US Census enumerated miners hailing from Russian Poland and Austrian Poland, as well.

"The old Barnes-Hecker iron ore mine is only a couple of miles from my home. In 1926 it caved in and was considered one of the worst mining disasters in the country. Many of the bodies were never recovered from the mine. I'm a fifth generation ore miner so here's my tribute to them. "

The Cliffs Shaft Mine, Ishpeming, Michigan: 1867-1967, One Hundred Years of Mining

Paper Prepared for SS3230-Industrial Archeology with Professor Dr. Patrick Martin, for Class Term Paper May 8th, 2002

Save the Wild UP--an organization opposing the construction of an environmentally destructive sulfide mine in Michigan's Upper Peninsula--that the United States Fish and Wild Service is soliciting additional public input on whether or not the Coaster Brook Trout should be considered an endangered species. The trout's only remaining spawning grounds is the Salmon Trout River that is threatened by possible pollution from the Eagle Project Sulfide Mine on the Yellow Dog Plains. Save the Wild UP encourages people to review information on the trout and comment. Designating the Coaster Brook Trout as an endangered species could be an important step in preventing the opening of the Eagle Project mine.

Take a moment to think about Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the nearby patches of Wisconsin, Lake Superior and Lake Michigan that border it. Picture the sparkling waterfalls, blueberries, brook trout and wave-washed shores there — the multitude of reasons so many think of this as God’s Country.
Thing is, change is in the air — and there’s a fair chance that it won’t be a good thing for the unspoiled waters of the U.P. — or for our water quality here, downstream, in Wisconsin.

If the mine comes," she continued, almost in a whisper, "what about the wild blueberries?"

In 1845, the search for iron ore began in earnest, and the first major discovery was made near the present site of Negaunee. The men of the search party formed the Jackson Mining Company on July 23, 1845, and iron mining in Michigan officially began. A C

Rio Tinto PLC (RTP) Monday said it will invest $300 million in the development of Eagle, a high-grade nickel and copper mine in Michigan. Eagle, in northwest Marquette County, will be the only primary nickel mine in the U.S.,and first production is expect

Tell the Michgan Department of Environmental Quality to deny the Kennecott Permit Application for a Sulfide Mine on the Yellow Dog Plains. Use our template message to voice your opposition to the DEQ, Gov. Granholm and your elected officials.

A request by Kennecott Eagle Minerals Company to exhaust heavy metals dust into the air, discharge polluted water into an underground aquifer, and ruin miles of prized snowmobile trails received a favorable response from state regulators today. Despite an

State regulators said today they have restored their tentative approval for permits related to a proposed Upper Peninsula nickel and copper mine. But there still are several steps to go before the Kennecott Minerals Co. proposal for Marquette County woul

By Thomas Arthur Rickard, Published 1905, The Engineering & mining journal

Another early controversy involved one of the boundary lines of Erwin Township, which was one of the famous boundary lines that determined the border between Wisconsin and Michigan in an earlier dispute in 1840.

Contest for videos to oppose the proposed Kennecott Copper (Rio Tinto) sulfide mine on Michigan's Yellow Dog Plains near Marquette, MI.

Environmentalists are especially concerned about the proposed nickel mine, known as the Eagle Project and run by Kennecott Minerals Co., since it would tap into sulfide ore bodies, which, when exposed to air, produce sulfuric acid as a byproduct.

(never mind that the DEQ wised up that a sulfide mine on unstable ground would pollute groundwater and ruin tourism in the area. A good Onion story if it wasn't so thoroughly wrongheaded)

The truth behind what happened in the copper mining town of Calumet, Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913 has remained a mystery. On that day, more than six dozen people were crushed to death as they scrambled to flee the second floor of the Italian Hall, where

MARQUETTE, Mich. -- A Canadian mining company says it will conduct exploratory drilling near the spot in the Upper Peninsula where Kennecott Minerals Co. wants to mine copper and nickel.

Several citizens opposed to Kennecott Eagle Minerals’ proposed mine in the Yellow Dog Plains appeared at the Marquette County Board’s Committee of the Whole meeting Tuesday night to ask the board to reject a resolution supporting the plan.

action center for sending political messages

on the 1913 Italian Hall disaster in Calumet, MI and the case for this as a mass murder

myspace blog with photos of yellow dog plains, possible site of sulfide mine

history of the iron mining industry in marquette county, michigan

invented pelletizing process

state reps up in big bay to hear the residents speak their minds

despite 3000 petitions from the area

group organized to protect the Yellow Dog watershed in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan

last updated 1998, but good pictures

On its way to the Michigan legislature - Sierra Club says vote yes

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