Monthly Archives: September 2012

Dictionary of Frac-Sand Miner’s Words, Terms, & Euphemistic Concepts

I like this piece — it’s full of useful information.  But it is not unbiased and I haven’t checked his facts so keep your eyes open.  Click HERE to see the original link.  Mikey _________________________ James J Drost BS & … Continue reading

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Minnesota Dept of Health on frac sand mining health hazards

The Minnesota Department of Health just published information about the health risks associated with frac sand mining.  Click HERE to download the PDF. Frac Sand Mining in Minnesota Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, is used to increase the flow in an … Continue reading

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Seven-Sands application DENIED by the Board of Adjustements

The headline sums it up.  The Seven Sands mine applications were denied last night.  Not once, but six times due to the way that the applications were filed.   On prompting from the County Attorney, the Board came up with a … Continue reading

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Glacier Sands response to CFC school-district letter

Click HERE to read the letter that Glacier Sands sent to the Board of Adjustments on the Monday following the school district’s “agree to disagree” letter we posted last Saturday.  This is all leading up to the BOA meeting tonight … Continue reading

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CFC School District “must agree to disagree” with Glacier Sands over school safety

These images are slightly compressed.  Click on each page to view the full-sized originals. Here is the body of the letter, I’ve transcribed it here so that the search engines will pick it up.  Mikey ___________________________ Cochrane-Fountain City School District … Continue reading

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