Mike Wiggins, the chairman of the Bad River Tribe, says Gogebic Taconite (GTAC) should already know what’s in the Penokee Hills iron ore body. In 1960, U.S. Steel was considering making the Penokee Hills Wisconsin’s version of Minnesota’s Iron Range. It drilled and used explosives to test the ore body. For proprietary reasons, U.S. Steel never released what they found. GTAC is now using that information, which is still secret to the public, along with drilling eight of its own holes and asking for permits for bulk sampling. But Bad River Tribal Chairman Mike Wiggins says GTAC should release the U.S. Steel findings.Get the Story:
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