Reserve Mining Legal Case records

Collection

Identifier: S2390

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The collection contains legal correspondence, testimony, briefs, transcripts, reports, and exhibits dealing with the various legal trials.

Dates

Creation: 1972-1979

Creator

Reserve Mining Legal Case (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

Open for use in the Kathryn A. Martin Library, Archives and Special Collections.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection may be protected by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S. Code). It is the user's responsibility to verify copyright ownership and to obtain all necessary permissions prior to the reproduction, publication, or other use of any portion of these materials. Researchers may quote from the collection under the fair use provision of the copyright law.

Biographical / Historical

The Reserve Mining Legal Case deals with the environmental dispute with Reserve Mining Company of Silver Bay, Minnesota, over the Company's policy of dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior.

Tailings from taconite mining were originally thought to be harmless. By the early 1970s there were complaints that the taconite sediment was killing fish and affecting the quality of Lake Superior as a fresh water source for Duluth and other communities on the north shore of the lake. Environmental organizations, scientists, and lawyers made the case that the tailings not only polluted Lake Superior, but that they contained cummingtonite-grunerite. This substance is found in asbestos, a known cancer-causing agent.

Extent

11.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

The collection contains legal correspondence, testimony, briefs, transcripts, reports, and exhibits dealing with the various legal trials.

Physical Location

This collection is located at the University of Minnesota Duluth Archives. For more information about this collection or to make an appointment, contact us at libarchives@d.umn.edu or 218-726-8526.

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