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JANUARY
(Christian) First Quarter
Day (Orthodox), Estelle Reel Day
FEBRUARY 2025
Groundhog Day (Observance) National Girls and Women in Sports Day (Observance)
Rosa Parks Day (Local, State Observance)
Super Bowl (Sporting Event) Lincoln’s Birthday (State Holiday), Georgia Day Full Moon
(Federal,
Holiday), Daisy Gatson Bates Day (State Holiday)
Ronald Reagan Day (State Observance) First Quarter Lunar New Year (State Observance), National Wear Red Day (Observance)
Day (Observance), Statehood Day (Local Observance)
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MARCH 2025
US Becomes World’s Leading Iron Ore Producer 1898 Ramadan Start, St.David’s Day, 1st Day of Women’s History Month, Irish American Heritage Month
APRIL 2025
MAY 2025
JUNE 2025
JULY 2025
Ashura (Tentative, Muslim)
Moon Nathan Bedford Forrest Day (Local Observance) Bastille Day (Observance)
Raksha Bandhan (Hindu Holiday)
SEPTEMBER 2025
1865: George Stuntz discovers iron ore near Lake Vermilion while investigating a report of gold deposits in the area.
1980: Declining domestic steel production and worldwide overdevelopment
Discovery of petroleum at the Drake Well (1859).
Rosh Hashana, Int’l. Day of Non-Violence. Invention of mechanical piston drills (1843) Feast of St Francis of Assisi
(1842).
Invention of a rotary
drill (1813). Columbus Day Last Quarter Discovery of the Schuyler Mine, New Jersey (1719).
gold fever (1849). Alaska Day (State Holiday - Alaska) 1966: Aberfan Disaster, Wales A heavy rain collapsed the Aberfan coal mine.
Dawson Mine Disaster, America. New Moon
NOVEMBER 2025
1990: Cyprus Minerals reopens
scaled-down Reserve mine
Beginning of the Iron Age with the Hittite society’s discovery (1500 BCE). Election Day
Revival of copper mining along Lake Superior (1842). Full Moon Lead mining boom in Missouri and Iowa (1835).
All Saints’ Day Discovery of petroleum at the Drake Well (1859).
Nat’l. STEM Day. Invention of the hot blast in iron smelting (1831).
All Souls’ Day Invention of mechanical piston drills (1843).
1963 Mitsui Miike Coal Mine Disaster, Japan
Commemorate the discovery of the Schuyler Mine, New Jersey (1719).
the California gold fever (1849).
DECEMBER 2025
World AIDS Day Anniversary of the Comstock Lode discovery (1859).
Immaculate Conception 2nd Sunday of Advent
(1831).
Cyber Monday
Recognition of the revival of copper mining along Lake Superior (1842).
Human Rights Day Recognize the Iron Age’s beginning with the Hittite society (1500 BCE).
Commemorate the invention of mechanical drills (1843).
Mark the day of the permanent resumption of iron mining in North America (1715).
Last Quarter
the discovery of petroleum at the Drake Well (1859).
Celebrate the California gold fever (1849).
Following are those recognized in previous directories
2011 : Founder, Skillings Mining Review
2010 : CAMIRO at NORCAT
2009: NRRI and Coleraine Minerals Research Lab
2008 : John D. Jorgenson
2007 : The “Iron Miner”
2006 : Robert S. Mars Jr.
2005 : John S. Brinzo
2004 : D. Kelly Campbell
2003 : Al France
2002 : Charles Gedeon
2001 : Rodney Bleifuss
2000 : David N. Skillings, Jr.
1999 : National Steel Pellet Co.
1998 : D avid DeLeo
1997 : Rainald W. Von Bitter
1996 : M. Thomas Moore
1995 : Clifford W. Niemi
1994 : Dr. Edward W. Davis
Every year Skillings North American Mining Directory honors an individual or company for contributions to the iron ore mining industry in the U.S. and/ or Canada. The Directory includes a dedication with a brief biographical sketch and a photograph. We welcome your suggestions of individuals or companies that you think deserve recognition. Nominations should include a biographical sketch of the individual or a company profile of about 600 words and any supporting documentation. Nominations that are not selected in any given year are automatically carried over for consideration in the subsequent years. Send your nominations to: Skillings Mining Review, 350 W. Avenue #1184, Venice, Florida 34284. You can also email nominations to: advertising@skillings.net. Questions about the nomination process can be directed to “Editorial” at 909-962-7321. Ext. 5
The editorial calendar at Skillings Mining Review has always evolved with current events and will continue to do so. This list of topics will serve as a framework for editorial content in 2020 but is subject to change without notice as current events and new developments dictate. Deadlines: All editorial copy, advertising orders and advertising materials must be received no later than 45 days prior to publication of the magazine. Feature articles should be submitted for consideration at least two months prior to the proposed publication date. If you have any questions call the editor on 909-962-7321 or email: advertising@skillings.net
On the cover: Excavation of hard coal mine with support system and drilling machine. Credit: ewg3D/ gettyimages
