City Pages reports on Iron Range past, present

I’m not sure what drew them to us, but City Pages — the Twin Cities’ alt weekly — profiles a snippet of Iron Range history and provides a surprisingly detailed look at new nonferrous mineral mining technology on the East Range in this week’s web edition. The history portion in particular puts a bit of a perspective on our early years here on the Range. I review how this history manifests in present times in my upcoming book “Overburden: Modern Life on the Iron Range.” (October 2008, Red Step Press). Now that I have my semi-random plug in for the day, back to work …