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Tag Archives: mining
The 1943 Mulcahy Mine Disaster
Shullsburg, Wisconsin is tucked into the southwestern corner of the state, just eight miles from Illinois and twenty miles from Iowa. It is among the oldest cities in the state, founded in 1827, more than two decades before statehood. Everything … Continue reading
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Tagged Badger, Badger Mine and Museum, Benton, cave-in, Cecil Ingraham, collapse, Darlington, Elk Grove, environmental regulations, John Stephens, Joseph Griffin, Laverne Kittoe, lead, Lead Miners Memorial Park, Leadmine, Maynard Howell, Mineral Point, miners, mining, mining disaster, Mulcahy Mine, National Register of Historic Places, Nelson Jones, New Diggings, Platteville, profit, Romano Luciani, Russell Farrey, Shullsburg, Walter Mauthe, William Rooney, Wisconsin, World War II, zinc
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Paradise (northern version)
In Wisconsin there has been a big battle over opening up land in the Penokee Hills just a few miles from the Bad River band’s sacred rice beds, and just south of Lake Superior. The state legislature passed a bill … Continue reading
Letter to Senator Dale Schultz on the Mining Bill
Dear Senator Schultz, I do not currently live in your district, but I grew up in southwestern Wisconsin, in the lead and zinc mining town of Shullsburg. Much of my family is still there, including my mother, brother, niece, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dale Schultz, jobs, mining, Mining bill, Shullsburg, Wisconsin
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A Single Bluebird 