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Aug 10, 2015· An owner of a northern Wisconsin property proposed as the site of an iron ore mine said it likely will take several years before a new mining company moves in with plans for a large open pit mine.

Gov. Scott Walker on Monday signed a bill that rewrites iron mining laws and could pave the way for construction of a $1.5 billion open pit mine in northern Wisconsin.

Iron and the resulting steel was a major driving force in our country's industrial revolution. The Future of iron Ore mining. But perhaps the greatest opportunity for future economic development from Wisconsin mining is to be found right back in the Gogebic Range of Northern Wisconsin.

The state Department of Natural Resources has identified potential pollution problems with iron mining in northern Wisconsin, including the loss of wetlands and streams and .

Iron Ridge Mines, Iron Ridge Mining District (Neda Iron Mining District), Dodge Co., Wisconsin, USA : The Iron Ridge Mines are located along the Niagria Escarpment within the Iron Ridge/Neda Iron District. The district is located between the towns of Iron Ridge and Mayville, just east along highway ...

Brief overview of Wisconsin's iron mining history. Limited amounts of high-grade iron ore were first mined in Wisconsin in the 1850s in the Black River Falls District of Jackson County and the Ironton area of Sauk County. More substantial iron mining of high-grade ore began in the Gogebic and Florence Districts in the 1880s and continued into ...

Decades of digging at Minnesota's Hull Rust Mine apparent from the rim of the pit near Hibbing, Minnesota. Residents of Ashland and Iron Counties in northern Wisconsin are weighing the economic benefits and potential environmental hazards of a proposed, four-mile-long open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Range by Gogebic Taconite LLC.

The company looking to build a $1.5 billion iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin has stopped the project until state lawmakers agree on a new set of rules for reviewing such projects. State Sen. Robert Jauch, D-Poplar, said this week that Gogebic Taconite is turning its attention toward sites in ...

"The Cuyuna iron range in east-central Minnesota is unique in the Lake Superior region because of its large manganiferous iron-ore resources. It consists of three areas--the Emily District, the North range, and the South range. Although much smaller than the Mesabi iron range to the north, the Cuyuna was a major producer of iron ore for 80 years.

Feb 27, 2015· Gogebic Taconite said it is closing its office in Hurley after concluding that the expanse of wetlands at the site made the prospects of constructing a massive iron ore mine unfeasible.

Mar 26, 2013· Overview of ferrous (iron) mining in Wisconsin. Iron mining has more than a 150-year history in Wisconsin. By the mid-1800s there were iron mines operating in Dodge and Sauk counties, and by the turn of the century, iron was being mined in Jackson, Florence, Marinette, Iron .

Dec 02, 2011· A pristine area in Northern Wisconsin next to Lake Superior, much prized for its clean water and wilderness, is also home to 25 percent of the country's iron ore reserves, a .

"The Montreal mine, operated by the Montreal Mining Co., is four miles west of Ironwood, Mich., in Iron County, Wisconsin. It is the westernmost producing property on the Gogebic Iron Range of the Lake Superior district. Its production is 4000 tons of hematite per day from an average depth of 2300 ft.

Potential Metallic Mining Development in Northern Wisconsin The Flambeau Mine extracted about 1000 tons per day of copper-rich ore. Reclamation of the pit began in early 1997 and was completed in late 1998. The Crandon deposit is presently being evaluated for the required environmental impact analyses and the mining permit and other related

The Duluth, Missabe and Iron Range Railway (DM&IR) (reporting mark DMIR), informally known as the Missabe Road, is a railroad operating in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin that hauls iron ore and later taconite to the Great Lakes ports of Duluth and Two Harbors, Minnesota.

Aug 11, 2015· The owner of the site of what was once a proposed iron ore mine in Iron County says iron mining there is inevitable, and expects a mining operation there within several years. A WPR reporter looks at the possible future of mining in the region.

Sep 09, 2013· Proposed by Gogebic Taconite, which Cline bought a few years ago, the mine would be built in the far northern reaches of Wisconsin near the .

An affiliate of a privately held coal mining company is proposing to spend more than $1 billion to develop a large open-pit iron ore mine on an ancient mountain range in far northern Wisconsin.

Mining in Northern Wisconsin. Native Americans mined copper on the shores of Lake Superior in prehistoric times. Between 4,000 and 1,200 B.C., copper jewelry and implements from Wisconsin and Upper Michigan were part of a trade network that stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Gulf Coast, giving rise to the name "Old Copper Culture."

The Gogebic Range is an elongated area of iron ore deposits located within a range of hills in northern Michigan and Wisconsin just south of Lake Superior.It extends from Lake Namakagon in Wisconsin eastward to Lake Gogebic in Michigan, or almost 80 miles. Though long, it is only about a half mile wide and forms a crescent concave to the southeast. The Gogebic Range includes the communities of ...

The story starts in 2011, shortly after Walker's election, when the mining company Gogebic Taconite sought approval to develop the world's largest open-pit mine in the remote Penokee Hills of northern Wisconsin. The mine would exploit the region's low-grade iron ore deposits (known as taconite), which are manufactured into steel.

Oct 19, 2011· Gogebic Taconite (G-Tac), a subsidiary of The Cline Group, has proposed a 4 ½-mile long open pit iron ore mine in the Penokee Hills of Northern Wisconsin. This would be the first phase of an eventual 22-mile strip of open-pit mining, stretching from west of Mellen, in southern Ashland County, to Upson, in Iron County.

Feb 27, 2015· MADISON — The company looking to open an iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin announced Friday it was closing its office in Hurley, saying future investment was "unfeasible at .

The company seeking to build a $1.5 billion iron ore mine in northern Wisconsin is lobbying for legislation that would dramatically shorten the permitting process for such operations, from seven years or more to less than a year. Proposed northern Wisconsin mine brings promise of jobs, but environmental impact questioned ...
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