This collection follows on recent reporting by MPR on a possible PolyMet mine near Hoyt Lakes Minnesota as well as years of Iron Range mining coverage.
December 9, 1976 - Mining computer study and maps; MPR News Feature
December 9, 1976 - Copper-nickel, computer maps; MPR News Feature
December 10, 1976 - Robert Herbst on copper-nickel; MPR News Feature
September 5, 1979 - Copper-Nickel study; MPR News Feature
September 5, 1979 - Copper-Nickel study; MPR News Feature
September 20, 1979 - Mine Trip; MPR News Feature
September 20, 1979 - Copper-Nickel Study; MPR News Feature
September 20, 1979 - Copper-Nickel Study; MPR News Feature
December 13, 1979 - Copper/Nickel Mining; MPR News Feature
July 16, 2001 - There's a new round of mineral exploration in Northeastern Minnesota. The region best known for iron-bearing taconite could soon produce precious minerals like gold, silver and platinum - maybe even diamonds. New developments are making the prospects of prospecting more appealing. Minnesota Public Radio's Bob Kelleher reports: {A barge, floats on an island studded lake near Ely. It's actually several barges strung together; one equipped with a rotating drill - another stacked with dozens of rusty steel pipe-sections. Dick Backstrom's drilling company is looking for riches under Birch Lake.