Reserve Taconite - History Day Documentary

A Turning Point for Industry, Environment, and Minnesota's Economy

Minnesota State History Day 4th place 2013

The story of the economic and environmental impacts of the Reserve Mining Company taconite pelletizing plant in Silver Bay, Minnesota

Examines economic opportunities caused by taconite, and the Reserve MC vs. United States court case over dumping taconite tailings into Lake Superior, and how these ideas are connected.

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