Friday, December 13, 2013

Responsible Minnesota Mining Resource Listing

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