Rural change

摘要

Support for miners is ubiquitous in Eveleth, Minnesota. Hand-painted signs on roadsides and placards in bars and other businesses proclaim mining to be the region's lifeblood. Bob Vlaisavljevich, the mayor of this small town in the north-eastern corner of the state, lauds taconite and other minerals as the spine of the local economy. "The mining rank and file think like me," he says, recounting the story of his grandfather, who migrated to the area from Serbia a century ago.