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Iron mines of the era exploited the "natural" (soft) iron-rich ores in a 15 kilometer-long stretch in the central portion of the range straddling the Michigan-Wisconsin state line. These mines were mainly of the underground shaft type, which were among the deepest iron mines in the country. Due to these characteristics, and the greater ...
US iron ore made up 2.5 percent of the total mined worldwide in 2015. Employment as of 2014 was 5,750 in iron mines and iron ore treatment plants. [3] US iron ore mining is dominated by the Precambrian banded iron formation deposits around Lake Superior, in Minnesota and Michigan; such deposits were also formerly mined in Wisconsin. For the ...
Montreal was originally incorporated as the Village of Hamilton, [7] on or about 1917, and was the first village formed in Iron County. [8] Montreal, as it was named upon its incorporation as a city on April 1, 1924, [7] was named for the Montreal Mining Company, which had several iron ore mines in the area during the late 1800s. During the ...
Gilbert (pop. 1,799) is the location of Lake Ore-be-gone, an artificial lake created by flooding three open-pit iron ore mines. Hibbing (pop. 16,361) is the largest city by area in the state of Minnesota. It is home to the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine, one of the world's largest open pit iron mines.
Hurley and the adjacent communities were founded upon the discovery of iron ore. In 1965, the last mine in Hurley, the Cary Mine, closed. Following the closing of the Range's mines, many residents left the area, especially to factories in Racine and Kenosha, Wisconsin, and the economy of Hurley and the surrounding region went into serious decline.
Gogebic Taconite is an iron-ore mining company in development stage, based in Florida, [1] with a presence in Hurley, Wisconsin. [2] [3] The company, owned by the larger mining organizations, Cline Resource and Development Group, is at the center of a dispute among politicians, community groups, environmental organizations, Native American tribal councils and various stakeholders because of a ...
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The Wisconsin Resources Protection Council filed a civil lawsuit against the Flambeau Mining Company in U.S. District Court alleging ongoing violations of the Federal Clean Water Act. The charge was that the discharge of copper, zinc, iron and other pollutants to Stream C was done without a permit and in violation of the Act.