tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19557188.post108397808786448637..comments2024-02-13T09:36:47.163-05:00Comments on Keweenaw Now: Michigan LCV: What the U.P. Mining Boom Means for MichiganKeweenaw Nowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17419210736799146935noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19557188.post-62607028392164715852012-04-17T13:40:40.729-04:002012-04-17T13:40:40.729-04:00I appreciate the coverage, but am disturbed to hea...I appreciate the coverage, but am disturbed to hear environmental groups using the same rhetoric as those who are promoting this so-called "boom." <br /><br />There is no mention in either of the articles (the other one being from Great Lakes Echo) of what a "boom" really looks like in terms of a devastated landscape. And what of the "bust" that must follow the "boom"? <br /><br />Please, everyone, refrain from suggesting these things are inevitable or already here. And when you have a few free hours, take a look at the Eagle and Cliff's mine sites and multiply that in your mind by 40 or 50. Then<br />drive over to Iron River and have a look at a former mining district, with its pits and cave-ins and heaps of waste rock and acid mine drainage. <br /><br />A "boom" is a sudden, rapid expansion, a rush. We should not be in a hurry to approve new mining projects. Lansing has certainly granted a whole lot of new mineral leases and seems eager to sell off our minerals, but hold on, these are OUR minerals and this is OUR landscape, right?? Looks like it's up to us to protect them.aunteedahliahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03380229281740571917noreply@blogger.com