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Minding the Mining

Minding the Mining

Andrea Debauche, Opinion Editor September 25, 2013

Gogebic Taconite: not like Taco Tuesdays, but rather an energy company planning to build a large iron ore mine in the woods of northwestern Wisconsin.  The mineral in question is taconite, a form of iron...

Wisconsin is much better off preserving its natural state than mining for taconite

Robby White, Staff writer March 6, 2013

As you drive up Highway 13 – just south of Mellen, Wis. in Ashland County – and look close enough you will notice a black outcropping on the side of the old highway. This black mass is called taconite,...

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