Reserve Mining Reports \#56 and \#57 on the Reserve Mining Trial in Minnesota, Special to The Government Research Corp. (1974)

Reserve Mining Reports #56 and #57, both dated April 15, 1974, summarize the week of April 8-13, 1974 in the federal and state pollution trial against Reserve Mining Co. over taconite tailings discharged into Lake Superior. They cover Judge Lord's document orders, North Shore water filtration costs, a Minnesota DNR report on on-land tailings disposal, and testimony by court-appointed pathologist Dr. Arnold Brown on asbestos fibers. Report #56 appears twice in the exhibit.

What the document holds

• Pages 1-7: Reserve Mining Report #56, April 15, 1974: key points and daily account of trial developments, Monday April 8 through Wednesday April 10
• Pages 8-11: Reserve Mining Report #57, April 15, 1974: Minnesota DNR report on on-land tailings disposal, Duluth joining the trial, and Dr. Brown's testimony, Thursday April 11 through Saturday April 13
• Pages 12-18: Second copy of Reserve Mining Report #56 (UCC 009071-009077), repeating pages 1-7

People and organizations

To The Government Research Corp..

• Armco Steel (named)
• Mayo Clinic (named)
• Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (named)
• Reserve Mining Company (named)
• The Government Research Corp (named)
• U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (named)
• U.S. Department of the Interior (named)
• U.S. District Court (named)

Related pages

Pages on our site about what this document covers: Minnesota Asbestos Exposure Sites: Worksites, Industries, and Trust Coverage.

About this copy

This is document UC-3502 of the Union Carbide documents, documents produced and used as evidence in asbestos lawsuits against Union Carbide, 18 pages. Production numbers UCC 009060 to UCC 009077.