John Munro Longyear, the Marquette businessman with an Arctic town named for him
John Munro Longyear made a fortune in Upper Peninsula land and timber, moved his Marquette mansion to Massachusetts and founded a coal town in Svalbard.
Tilden Mine and the pellets that keep Marquette County working
The Tilden Mine near Ishpeming is the last operating iron mine on the Marquette Range and one of the county’s largest employers.
Eagle Mine: nickel and copper under the Yellow Dog Plains
Eagle Mine, Michigan’s only nickel mine, began production in 2014 after years of debate over its impact on the Yellow Dog Plains.