WTIP: Considering the future of Minnesota's Iron Range

By Joe Friedrichs

The Roadhouse / WTIP: North Shore Community Radio

December 29, 2015

Taconite Dreams (Jeff Manuel) The future of mining on Minnesota's Iron Range continues to be a topic of discussion and debate throughout the region and beyond our state borders. A new book, "Taconite Dreams," by Prof. Jeffrey Manuel, explores this topic in detail. Joe Friedrichs spoke with Manuel recently.

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