As value increases for minerals, so does the pressure to open more mines.This includes Wisconsin’s largest mine ever proposed, which would be built in the far north.A three day mining conference this week is bringing tribes, government officials and mining company representatives together on the Bad River Reservation.Mike Simonson reports.
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