760 tons? You sure? Holly Wah! Dat Dere Is sure a lot of dem beer kettles.
I will tell you though. If a person could figure out how to mine that stuff with machinery, he’d be one rich booger now days thats for sure. Like I said. I know some divers that claim they have seen entire outcroppings under the water in the big lake.
This area is as rich in minerals as any place in the world. Yet we have one of the poorest populations. Why? Regulations thats why.
Like the fins say...That really is something else.
“I know some divers that claim they have seen entire outcroppings under the water in the big lake.”
They have. That’s a fact. We don’t have the technology to remove 100 million tons of copper sitting under Lake Superior.
The old miners in the 19th century got all the easy copper on Keweenaw’s spine. What remains to remove is difficult. A number of test mines have been run and failed.
From the old miners I talked to, we’ve removed about 10% of the copper on the surface. About 90% still sits there, waiting. I’ve got all the stats and historical records in my file. I’ve published those records.
Stan Dyl, former head of Michigan Tech’s Mineralogical Museum, has all the stats in his head. He’s one smart man. Don’t believe me? Talk to Stan.
In my opinion, people severely underestimate how much wealth sits on the Keweenaw Peninsula.
It’s trillions of dollars spread over decades.
Where’s the vihta?
You and your saunas. LOL!
I love you guys. You kicked Russia’s ass in the Winter War in 1939. I mean, holy cow, you Finns inflicted 1,000,000 casualties on the pig Stalin’s army. You were outnumbered 25 to 1. The Russian general in charge said: We took enough territory to bury our dead. That’s good, real good for the Finns.
I want you Finns on our flank for the next war, whenever and whatever it might be.