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Articles by John Flesher
Mining Boom May Be In Store For Upper Michigan

While digging a well six years ago, the owner of a backwoods camp near the Michigan-Wisconsin line cut into sparkling rock. He showed a sample to a geologist friend, who realized it was laced with zinc.

February 2009 (Vol. 78, No. 6)
Michigan DEQ Approves Upper Peninsula Mine

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality approved permits allowing Kennecott Minerals, a subsidiary of Rio Tinto, to operate a nickel and copper mine in the Upper Peninsula.

January 2008 (Vol.77, No. 5)