The stamps crushed ore from two mines for about 30 years, generating an ever-larger pile of tailing sands on the beach. Today, a 265-foot smokestack towers over the mill ruin.

The restoration project also attempts to prevent the stamp sands traveling any further south into L'Anse Bay. "It's a long-term commitment," said Evelyn Ravindran, KBIC natural resources director.

KEWEENAW COUNTY, MI — Robert Regis was dumbstruck at the damage Lake Superior had wrought on his property. On Oct. 24, 2017, a massive storm struck the upper Midwest. Thanks to a coastline ...

HOUGHTON (WWJ) --The tiny town of Gay on northern Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is famous for more than its eponymous Gay Bar. A short distance away on the shore of Lake Superior is the Gay Stamp ...

Stamp Sands Mapped from 2009 and 2016 Using Remote Sensing Data. Gay Stamp Sands 2016 Trough Volume Estimates from LiDAR Elevation Data: Initial Findings. Analysis of Aerial Extent, Volume, and Mass ...

The group has been advised by students, faculty and staff from Michigan Technological University and focused on stamp sands for the past three years. “Our elementary school, playground and football ...

A new Buffalo Reef Task Force report estimates it will cost several billion dollars to remove 12.7 million cubic yards of copper mining waste called stamp sands which are slowly smothering an ...

Schoolcraft Township — The township is looking for federal help with stamp sands that are threatening to choke off access to its marina.. The township has had a problem for years with the sands ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is providing $946,000 to dredge stamp sands from an ancient riverbed north of Buffalo Reef. News Sports Autos Entertainment Advertise Obituaries eNewspaper Legals.

GAY, Mich. (AP) — A dredging project in Grand Traverse Bay Harbor in Michigan's Upper Peninsula has received final approvals from government regulatory agencies. The Michigan Department of ...

Nothing can live in the stamp sands that cover the bottom of Torch Lake, Michigan Technological University Environmental Engineering Professor Noel Urban told a group of young plant technicians ...

SCHOOLCRAFT TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) - Schoolcraft Township is looking for federal help with stamp sands that are threatening to choke off access to its marina. The township has had a problem for ...