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  • GTAC deal is a bad one for Iron County, residents

    Feb 10, 2015

    To the Editor: It would take pages to address the reasons Iron County should not agree to the lease option extension drafted January 23rd by GTAC’s lawyers. Here are a handful: 1. The lease is a bad deal for taxpayers. Iron County gets virtually nothing for well over 3,000 acres of land that is absolutely essential to a mine. Thecurrent deal doesn’t even adequately compensate for lost timber sales from the land. Even a tiny royalty payment of 50 cents/ton of taconite would yield Iron County $4 million/year. Minnesota mining companies pay ove...

  • Gogebic Taconite officials discuss mine with county board

    Cortney Ofstad|Apr 24, 2013

    HURLEY — Questions were asked and answers were given during a special meeting for the Iron County Board of Supervisors Tuesday at the Iron County Courthouse. The meeting was designated for board members to ask questions of Gogebic Taconite representatives, in relation to a proposed iron mine near Upson, Wis. Local residents from Iron and Ashland counties filled the county board room, asking questions of the board during the public comment portion of the meeting. Topics discussed included i...

  • Mining impact committee discusses reclamation plans

    Cortney Ofstad|Mar 26, 2013

    HURLEY — Representatives from the Gogebic Taconite company spoke to the Iron County Mining Impact Committee Monday about possible reclamation at the proposed mine near Upson. GTAC president Bill Williams said studies on the proposed mine site would help shape ideas as to what the site could become after the mining process is completed. Williams said former mining areas in Minnesota have been turned into all-terrain vehicle parks after mine sites closed. “Another possible idea that has been mentioned is a shooting range,” Williams said. “Idea...