Yesterday we started out with the Tilden Mine Tour (no photos allowed) and we saw the process from the loading of huge trucks with raw ore from the open pit mine through the seperation process to the making of iron ore pellets. This was a vey interesting tour and I couldn't help but wonder about all the evironmentalists who own stoves, refrigerators, cars, and work in buildings with steel reinforcement who fight to stop mining and yet have no clue to the fact their life is dependent on this very industry. We then were most fortunate to return to Marquette and find that a freighter had just arrived and we spent a ton of time watching the loading process which included trains delivering the pellets to the dock, dumping of the railroad cars, and the filling of the ship. We went to dinner and returned to find "our" freighter still there and still being loaded and the arrival of a 2nd freighter! Wow! We had beautiful sunshine then the fog rolled in and finally lifted later on.
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