RESERVE MINING COMPANY:
An Inventory of Its Taconite Tailings Records at the Minnesota Historical Society
Manuscripts Collection
OVERVIEW
| Creator: | Reserve Mining Company. | |
| Title: | Taconite tailings records. | |
| Dates: | 1969-1977. | |
| Language: | Materials in English. | |
| Abstract: | Correspondence, health studies (1975-1977), legal briefs, testimony, evidential statements, environmental impact assessment (1975), booklets (1969, 1972) and newspaper clippings related to various legal actions challenging the discharge of taconite tailings into Lake Superior by a mining company located at Silver Bay (Minn.). | |
| Quantity: | 1.5 cubic feet (2 boxes). | |
| Location: | See Detailed Description for shelf locations. |
ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION
Availability:
The collection is open for research use.
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item and/or series here]. Reserve Mining Company. Company Records. Minnesota Historical Society.
See the Chicago Manual of Style for additional examples.
Accession Information:
Accession number: 11,767; 11,631; 13,800
Processing Information:
Processed by: Frank Hennessey, December 1988.
Catalog ID number: 990017351430104294
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
| Box | |||||||||||
| 152.C.7.6F | 1 | Booklets and statements prepared by Reserve Mining Co., 1969, 1972. | |||||||||
| Court documents from U.S., et al v Reserve Mining Co., et al, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Tailings disposal plan, 1972, 1974. | |||||||||||
| Brief and appendix of respondant, Reserve Mining Co. v Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. | |||||||||||
| Environmental impact statement for Mile Post 7 Project, April 30, 1975. 4 volumes. | |||||||||||
| Includes Supplement (August 30, 1975) and compilations of news clippings. | |||||||||||
| Box | |||||||||||
| 152.C.8.1B | 2 | Opinion of panel, Minnesota District Court (6th District), January 31, 1977. | |||||||||
| Brief of Department of Natural Resources, Reserve v Herbst (DNR Commissioner), Minnesota District Court (6th District), December 23, 1976. | |||||||||||
| Reserve Mining Co. v Herbst, Reserve v Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, Minnesota Supreme Court, 1977. | |||||||||||
| Includes briefs, testimony, evidential statements. | |||||||||||
| Briefs: U.S., Michigan, Minnesota v Reserve, et al, U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (8th Circuit), 1974. | |||||||||||
| Pollution Control Agency hearing report, 1975. | |||||||||||
| Health studies, 1975-1977. | |||||||||||
| Miscellaneous papers, 1960s-1970s. | |||||||||||
CATALOG HEADINGS
This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Minnesota Historical Society. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons or places should search the catalog using these headings.
- Topics:
- Drinking water -- Contamination -- Minnesota.
- Environmental health -- Minnesota.
- Environmental law -- Minnesota -- Cases.
- Liability for water pollution damages -- Minnesota.
- Taconite industry -- Environmental aspects -- Minnesota -- Silver Bay.
- Water -- Pollution -- Law and legislation -- Minnesota.
- Organizations:
- Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
- Places:
- Minnesota -- Industries -- Environmental aspects.
- Silver Bay (Minn.) -- Industries -- Environmental aspects.
- Superior, Lake.
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