Mining in the U.P. has made some worldwide headlines in recent years, so it's no surprise that no less than the Christian Science Monitor is now exploring the issue. The article looks at several perspectives on U.P. mining.
Excerpt: Jeff TenEyck was glad to come home last year. He had left Michigan for a small trucking business in South Carolina but returned to work at a new mine just outside Big Bay, the little mill town where he grew up.
"This is the biggest shot in the arm for the economy here since Henry Ford was here," says Mr. TenEyck, whose grandfather worked in a lumber mill that Ford bought in 1943.
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Source: Christian Science Monitor
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