Comments on: Humboldt Township Board Lends Kennecott Support

By: Mike

Mike — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 19:42:10 +0000

these stories are why i don’t believe this organization they don’t get their facts straight. the Humboldt Mine, Concentrator and Pellet plant were Owned, developed and built By Cleveland Cliffs. Callahan bought the concentrator and ran it in the 80’s before selling it to Minerals processing co. CCI sold it’s share to O’dovero. It was never “leased for Iron Ore” It was a finctional CCI mine from 1953 until 1970, and produced pellets from 1960-70 from their own ore and from 71 it used the Republic mine ore until 1980. IT WAS OWNED by CCI

By: Earl Eliason

Earl Eliason — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 03:33:22 +0000

It seems as though those of you who are against the mine would also have been against Cliffs during their building of mines in our area. This not a playground for you. If you don’t like the way things are going why don’t you move back to Detroit. Those of us who have struggled to make a living here enjoy it.

By: Dave Stensaas

Dave Stensaas — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:58:53 +0000

It looks like the township honchos are willing to sell our natural inheritance down the river, and for a song. Perhaps the allure of rubbing elbows with the fat cats of a big, multi-national company is just too much to resist for the backwater politicos. Joe D. seems to have a knack for self-promotion and a great desire to be a big shot. Its too bad that the board is willing to have this awful project and its certain horrendous consequences as their political and personal legacy. They can’t see the forest for the trees.

By: mike monte

mike monte — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:31:07 +0000

Small town boards usually have zero understanding of chemistry, water science, soil science, ecology and are not prepared to deal with the intense pressures that a big corporation can generate on a citizen board. It should be noted that “verbal” agreements, as the old saying goes, “Ain’t worth the paper they are written on.”
Keep pressure on the state and the EPA and tribes to keep the pressure on.

By: Bill Smith

Bill Smith — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:41:35 +0000

I understand that the reading of the core samples is actually incomplete and that if you read the core samples taken further down at the same site, you will find unstable rock that is in capable of being stable enough to prevent the contamination of the ground water.

Please talk to the geological experts at MTU that are knowledgeable about this. The readings were conveniently stopped short of the damning evidence of this instability.

Don’t waste a minute investigating this – seek and find the truth for everyone’s sake

By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:40:26 +0000

That is a very biased way of looking at what happened.