By 1900, the Calumet and Hecla Mining Company had become one of the most complex non-ferrous metal mining plants in the United States. It had been built upon the single richest copper lode in the United States, east of the Mississippi River and was wealthy enough to satisfy its stockholders, ...
It’s a saying we have all heard throughout our lives, “you don’t know how good you have it, till it’s gone.” Some use it as a reference to a parent or family member. Some use that phrase for material possessions and some employers use it when they lose an employee. In the Copper ...
Last week, we talked about the significance of the diamond drill in re-initiating mining production on copper properties previously thought to be worthless or mined out. Not only was diamond drilling instrumental in 20th century ventures in the Ontonagon region, as we talked about last week, ...
WASHINGTON -- The old lament that everybody talks about the weather but nobody ever does anything about it was never more appropriate than now. The summer heat that is currently torching Europe and and North America has come to President Biden’s doorstep in a way that demands much more than ...
How inevitable is a third consecutive nomination of Donald Trump? Partisan commentators, when it suits their purposes, tend to assume it is so. Republicans who remain supporters of the 45th president point to data showing he remains popular among his party’s voters. They also recall how ...
Even with recent rain in some parts of the state, much of Michigan is very dry. That means fire safety should be a high priority for anyone working or playing outdoors, the state Department of Natural Resources warns. “We are beginning to see seasonal drought conditions across much of the ...