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grahampuba

(169 posts)
3. i live where they mine this sand
Fri Nov 16, 2012, 10:10 PM
Nov 2012

its completely taken over the area. strip mining the bluffs and hillsides of Western Wisconsin and S.E. Minnesota. Hundreds of loosely covered trucks driving from the mines to loading/washing facilities, dumping their tailings back into the mines and aquifers.

some local coverage.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Price-of-Sand/267936016587423?ref=ts&fref=ts
http://www.minnpost.com/environment/2012/07/wisconsin-frac-sand-sites-double
http://ecowatch.org/2012/mining-companies-invade-wisconsin-for-frac-sand/

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