Monthly Archives: April 2012

Investing in a frac sand play? You might want to hedge those bets

Hey you frac-sand investors.  Don’t look back.  You might be disturbed to discover that there’s somebody running after that market, and they may be gaining ground. See those beads on the right side of the picture?  Those ceramic “proppant beads” … Continue reading

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Town of Milton moratorium

Hi all, Click HERE for a PDF file of the moratorium that the Town of Milton (which includes the area of the school at 88 and 35) passed a couple days ago.  Darn nifty.

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Glacier Sands Strikes Back

[Mikey here — I’m reposting this as a “post” rather than a “page” — this is really from Gary, not me] April 16, 2012 Glacier Sands had a get together today at the Waumandee Country Store, owned by one of … Continue reading

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Debunking the “75 years of gas” myth — and the drilling bubble may be bursting

Here’s a pretty good summary of information I’ve been seeing in lots of places.  Click HERE for the whole article. and here’s the lede; On January 23, 2012, Chesapeake Energy announced that it would curtail drilling in shale gas plays in the … Continue reading

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Some pictures of what we’re signing up for

Hi all.  Here are some good aerial photos of the way these mines look.  Nope, these don’t look like the little sand-mines that our non-metallic mining ordinance was designed to manage — these look like industrial sand-mines to me. Click … Continue reading

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