mining industry

Barnes-Hecker miners before the accident

Northern Arts & Culture

Memorial park planned at site of Michigan’s worst mining disaster

Kurt Hauswirth

A conversation with Ely Township Clerk Glenn Wing

Poet and environmentalist Kathleen Heideman's book "The Caving Grounds" is out now via Modern History Press

Northern Arts & Culture

Digging deep into Negaunee’s mining history with poet Kathleen Heideman's book "The Caving Grounds"

Kurt Hauswirth

A deep conversation with Heideman about her research and poetry

Demand for metals spurs mining activity

WHITE PINE, MI (AP)-- A mining industry that's been in serious decline for decades in the Upper Midwest is poised for a comeback. Mining for iron ore and…