ELCO — Tucked back into the woods at the mouth of a mine, miles from any main road, was an unusual sight — a ceremonial key was given for an abandoned silica mine that last saw action in 1978.
A dozen or so people clapped Wednesday as Unimin President and CEO Campbell Jones handed the oversized key to Rob Mies, executive director and co-founder of the Organization for Bat Conservation in Pontiac, Michigan. A deal that was decades in the making came to a close at the mouth of the old Magazine Mine — it will now be the protected home of more than 45,000 endangered Indiana Bats.
In his remarks during the ceremony, Jones said while his company is responsible for industrial mineral mining, they also have another goal to “advance life.” He said they also realize they are more stewards than owners of the land that they mine.
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