Want to learn more about mining and cut through the usual misinformation floating around out there at the environmental activist sites?
Here is a starting place of resources to begin with.
We Support Minnesota Mining Resource Listing
We Support Minnesota Mining Resource Listing:
Polymet's Northmet Project:
NorthMet Mining Project and Land Exchange Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement November 2013
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/polymet/sdeis/full_sdeis.pdf
NorthMet Supplemental Draft
Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS)
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/input/environmentalreview/polymet/index.html
ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE MINING with examples of environmentally responsible mines.
http://technology.infomine.com/enviromine/publicat/enviroresponse.html
http://www.pumpkinhollowcopper.com/project-overview/right-way/
http://www.flambeaumine.com/documents/news_releases/JUDGE%20FINDING%20News%20Release%20July%2025%202012.pdf
Reverse Osmosis / Water Quality:
Acid Rock Drainage
http://www.miningminnesota.com/WHATABOUTACIDROCKDRAINAGE.pdf
These reports relate to methyl mercury and sulfate cycling in NE Minnesota streams and in the St. Louis River estuary.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands.../dnr_so4_research.html
http://www.rwlwater.com/what-is-reverse-osmosis/http://www.miningfacts.org/Environment/How-are-the-effects-of-mining-on-water-quality-monitored-/
http://www.wqa.org/sitelogic.cfm?ID=872
Case Study: On-Site Water Treatment Plant for Collahuasi Copper Mine in Chile
http://www.rwlwater.com/case-study-collahuasi-copper-mine/
Case Study: Dunka Mine Minnesota (Lessons Learned)
http://www.itrcweb.org/miningwaste-guidance/cs_dunka_mine.htm
Sulfate: Copper Education - Minnesota And Flambeau Comparisons, Ore Sulfide Bodies
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/copper-education-minnesota-and-flambeau-comparisons-ore-sulfide-bodies/326713324131328
Water Resource Documents Regarding Sulfate And Water Quality In Three Minnesota Cities
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/water-resource-documents-regarding-sulfate-and-water-quality-in-three-minnesota-/306176939518300
Truth on sulfate and wild rice - Facts/ Regulatory Environment Piece.
http://www.virginiamn.com/opinion/letters/truth-on-sulfate-and-wild-rice/article_de9ebad2-c549-11e4-8770-f7901cc34427.html
Some Current Minnesota Mining Projects:
http://www.polymetmining.com/development-environ-mining.php
http://www.twin-metals.com/
Copper Nickel Discussions
Copper and Nickel Mining in Minnesota (UMD)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQELZoL2yUo
Mining History:
http://miningartifacts.homestead.com/indexminnesotamininghistory.html
http://www.miningartifacts.org/Minnesota-MInes.html
Some vanished settlements of the Arrowhead country / Julius F. Wolff, Jr.
http://collections.mnhs.org/MNHistoryMagazine/articles/34/v34i05p177-184.pdf
17 Level (Pioneer Mine Operations)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taORtR8-5Ug&fb_source=message
Mining Tools And Resources:
Minnesota Minerals Coordinating Committee
http://mcc.mn.gov/index.html
Additional Information on Minerals and Mining in Minnesota
http://mcc.mn.gov/links.html
Laurentian Vision Partnership
http://www.lvpmn.org/tools-resources/
Range Readiness Initiative
http://www.rangereadiness.com/
State regulations and reclamation rules related to nonferrous metallic minerals exploration and development
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/metallic_nf/regulations.html
Where tax revenues go:
http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/businesses/mineral/Documents/2011_mining_guide.pdf
http://www.revenue.state.mn.us/businesses/mineral/Documents/2013_mining_guide.pdf
Active Mines In Minnesota:
http://files.dnr.state.mn.us/lands_minerals/mpes_projects/mn_mines_color_webversion_2011_12.pdf
Economic Impact:
The Economic Impact of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining on the State of Minnesota and the Arrowhead Region, including Douglas County, Wisconsin
https://lsbe.d.umn.edu/uploads/FINAL%20Mining%202012%20Report.pdf
Minnesota Department Of Employment And Economic Development
https://apps.deed.state.mn.us/lmi/oes/OccSelect.aspx
Informational Photos:
How mining taxes support your school. Source: Mining Tax Guide
https://www.facebook.com/wesupportmining/photos/a.154792911323371.33286.154031381399524/429570947178898/?type=1&theater
Could you raise a family on an average Tourism job?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=548631805228526&set=a.352036204888088.82079.349658158459226&type=1&theater
Would you conclude that Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Mining projects are important to Minnesota's future?
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=373482472787746&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387023870.&type=3&theater
Tax Impact Totals
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=370663393069654&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387023870.&type=3&theater
A little reminder again just how important mining is to Northeast Minnesota.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=324028714399789&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387024051.&type=3&theater
Mineral Uses:
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=281155918687069&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387024189.&type=3&theater
Duluth Complex and Flambeau Mine Site Sulfide Comparison.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=280755748727086&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387024191.&type=3&theater
Flambeau Mine Monitored Discharges
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=280755408727120&set=pb.154031381399524.-2207520000.1387024191.&type=3&theater
Support Minnesota Mining! - MN GOP Photo
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10152029261689331&set=a.121525754330.100852.16519899330&type=1&theater
Mineral Resources:
Mineral Resources of Minnesota: Past, Present,and Future
http://www.d.umn.edu/~mille066/Outreach/MN%20Min%20Resources.MESTA11.pdf
Financial Assurance:
Minnesota Financial Assurance Requirements for Non-ferrous Mining
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/minnesota-financial-assurance-requirements-for-non-ferrous-mining/297061617096499
Useful Reading:
According to this report, only 10% of 47,000 abandoned mines on BLM and USFS lands have contaminated the nearby waters. http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/MINERALS__REALTY__AND_RESOURCE_PROTECTION_/aml.Par.86533.File.dat/Final%20AML%20Report.pdf
Clean water and the PolyMet copper-nickel project
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/clean-water-and-the-polymet-copper-nickel-project/362897807179546
Why Minnesota Should Say Yes to Copper - Nickel Mineral Development!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/why-minnesota-should-say-yes-to-copper-nickel-mineral-development/347564625379531
Polymet's Permit To Mine Requirements
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/polymets-permit-to-mine-requirements/329764080492919
The Next Generation of Mining: Protecting Our Environment. Creating Jobs. Demonstrating Global Leadership
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/the-next-generation-of-mining-protecting-our-environment-creating-jobs-demonstra/297067923762535
What you should know already about precious metals mining!
https://www.facebook.com/notes/we-support-minnesota-mining/what-you-should-know-already-about-precious-metals-mining/297065813762746
Education:
Copper Development Association Inc.
http://www.copper.org/education/
Digging Into the Promise of Copper
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/volunteer/julaug12/nonferrous.html
Minerals Education Association:
http://www.mineralseducationcoalition.org/
Drilling:
Bedrock core drilling: Mineral exploration in Minnesota
http://www.ideadrilling.com/pdf/Idea_Booklet_01GWithLinks.pdf
Resolutions Supporting Strategic Metals Mining
http://jobsforminnesotans.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/Supportive-Mining-Resolutions-newest-to-oldest.pdf
Ecoterrorism:
http://www.akdart.com/enviro5.html
GRAPHIC: Eco-Protesters in Wisconsin Assault Mine Workers
http://mediatrackers.org/wisconsin/2013/07/11/graphic-eco-protesters-in-wisconsin-assault-mine-workers
Environmentalism:
Activist Facts: Research on the people and agendas behind the groups.
https://www.activistfacts.com/
Lord Christopher Monckton ends the Global Warming Debate and proves its a Hoax
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5SitwF0SFg#t=3422
Professor Bob Carter torpedoes the "scientific consensus" on the climate HOAX https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpfMM3bVbhQ
http://www.green-agenda.com/globalrevolution.html
http://markhumphrys.com/environmentalism.html
Agenda 21 and Agenda 2030:
Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org/post2015/transformingourworld
Agenda 2030 Translator: How to Read the UN’s New Sustainable Development Goals
http://www.activistpost.com/2015/09/agenda-2030-translator.html
Obama, Pope Francis, COP21, ICLEI, UN Agenda 21 AND 2030, And Global Meetings Sept 2015
https://randrewohge.wordpress.com/2015/08/25/obama-pope-francis-cop21-iclei-un-agenda-21-and-2030-and-global-meetings-sept-2015/
Taking Liberty: Region by Region
http://www.takingliberty.us/TLByRegion.html
Minnesota Green Step Cities
http://greenstep.pca.state.mn.us/
Agenda 21 In One Easy Lesson
http://americanpolicy.org/agenda21/
Keep Minnesota Free
http://keepmnfree.com/agenda21.html
Rosa Koire Speech about Agenda 21
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-qLUQlmBk4
NextStep - Agenda 21 in Minnesota
http://www.nextstep.state.mn.us/res_detail.cfm?id=1059
Agenda 21
http://agendatwentyone.wordpress.com/
Democrats Against Agenda 21
http://www.democratsagainstunagenda21.com/
Freedom Advocates
http://www.freedomadvocates.org/
MorphCity
http://www.morphcity.com/
Stop Agenda 21 and Stop ICLEI in Minnesota
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Stop-Agenda-21-and-Stop-ICLEI-in-Minnesota/131897980296187
http://www.globalistagenda.org/
http://green-agenda.com/
America 2050
http://www.america2050.org/
Senile Dianne Feinstein’s Surreptitious Desert Wilderness Protection Act To Block Gold Mining: Agenda 21 Shutting Down The United States Gold Mining, Biden’s Anti Coal, & Obama’s Anti Oil.
http://politicalvelcraft.org/2013/01/09/senile-dianne-feinsteins-surreptitious-desert-wilderness-protection-act-to-block-gold-mining-agenda-21-shutting-down-the-united-states-gold-mining-bidens-anti-coal-obamas-anti-oil/
Green Funding:
Russian Money and Useful American Idiots: The Same Old Story
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2015/02/russian_money_and_useful_american_idiots_the_same_old_story.html
Social Capitalists: Wall Street's Progressive Partners
https://intercontinentalcry.org/social-capitalists-wall-streets-progressive-partners/
Green Decoys
https://www.greendecoys.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/green-decoys-report.pdf
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEKMu7ooJFs
Voting Records Regarding Environmental Issues:
League Of Conservation Voters:
http://scorecard.lcv.org/scorecard?year=2013
Minerals Sourcing:
Special Report on Consumer Electronics: The Human Toll Behind the Minerals
http://www.reprisk.com/marketing/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/131218-RepRisk-Special-Report_Consumer-Electronics.pdf
Polls:
QUESTION: Do you think Minnesota should approve or reject the application from PolyMet for a new copper and nickel mine on the Iron Range?
http://www.startribune.com/politics/245848511.html
New Survey Shows Support for the Future of Minnesota’s Mining Industry
http://jobsforminnesotans.org/new-survey-shows-support-for-the-future-of-minnesotas-mining-industry/
Videos On Mining:
Ely's Jay Mackie speaks on Ely and mining.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=k5n6RY9gzPA
Ely's Bill Erzar speaks on impact of mining on schools.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xXuq_USSkkATom
Rukavina support for ferrous and non ferrous mining.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=i1J32JO27qY
Rep. Rick Nolan backtracks on support for PolyMet permitting bill
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/12/09/1261434/-Rep-Rick-Nolan-backtracks-on-support-for-PolyMet-permitting-bill#
Social Media:
https://www.facebook.com/wesupportmining
https://www.facebook.com/GoPolyMet
https://www.facebook.com/Jobs4MN
https://www.facebook.com/UpNorthJobs?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
https://www.facebook.com/TwinMetalsMN?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser
https://www.facebook.com/ElyLocals2012?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser https://www.facebook.com/pages/Standing-Strong-for-Progress-in-Minnesota/349658158459226
More Information, Links and Current News Here:
https://www.facebook.com/wesupportmining
