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In May 1997 the company withdrew the EPA permit application, saying that further permitting delays had made the project uneconomical, and announced plans to begin reclamation of the mine site. The tailings impoundment at the White Pine Mine is presently the site of significant environmental degradation. The University of Montana undertook ...
The White Pine mine produced copper until 1995. In its early days the company was known for its use of advanced mining and transport systems (not all of which worked very well) including the Dashaveyor , a high speed transportation system, and what was at the time the world's largest hard rock tunneling machine to be sold to a mining company. [ 4 ]
It closed in 1997 and Highland Copper plans to repurpose parts of the White Pine mine for the Copperwood project. Eagle Mine outside of Marquette is largely nickel-focused, but there is a small ...
Closed in 1987; now part of a state-owned historical site Elizabeth: Orange County, Vermont: Volcanogenic massive sulfide: Open 1809–1957; now a federal superfund site Tubal Cain: Washington: Tubal-Cain Copper & Manganese Mining Co. Operated 1902–1906 Flambeau Mine: Ladysmith, Wisconsin: Kennecott Minerals Copper, gold, and silver Operated ...
Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Steve Limani said early Wednesday that the abandoned mine in Unity Township where rescue crews are working to locate 64-year-old Elizabeth Pollard is becoming ...
He called the abandoned mine complex, saying, "It's almost like a mini town underneath this town, which is wild." Crews had to use hand-drawn maps from the 1940s to help navigate the recovery.
White Pine is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Ontonagon County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The CDP had a population of 474 at the 2010 census. [3] White Pine is located within Carp Lake Township. Much of White Pine was developed in the 1950s as a company town for miners at the White Pine mine. Mining ...
The Bureau County Sheriff's Office said that an autopsy was conducted Tuesday on the remains, which were found June 8 at the site of a former coal mine best remembered for a devastating 1909 fire ...