TWO TRIBES FLUSH WITH CASH....THIS ARTICLE WAS IN THE LOCAL PAPER.... THE SAME TRIBES ARE HERE... AQUILA BOUGHT A NATIVE AMERICAN BURIAL GROUND CONTAINING MOUNDS AND AN ANCIENT VILLAGE.... THAT WAS SMART!!! EXXON COULDN'T WIN.... THEY FAILED,,,,, I ESPECALLY LIKE THE PART ABOUT THE CASINOS BEING BEING THE CASH BEHIND THESE TRIBES.... $$BILLION's$$ ....VS.......... $0... ? FYI - THE DEPOSIT IN CRANDON WAS MANY, MANY TIMES BIGGER THAN THE ONE AQUILA CLAIMS IS THEIRS....
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A northeastern Wisconsin town improperly set property tax assessments too high on two parcels of land near Crandon once slated for a mine, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday. Assessors based their findings on a 2003 sale to two American Indian tribes that was too complex to provide a factual estimate of the parcels’ value, the 3rd District Court of Appeals ruled. A number of mining companies had their sights for decades on the land, believed to contain one of the largest zinc-copper ore deposits in North America, but none were ever able to win the proper permits to begin excavations.
The Potawatomi and the Sokaogon in 2003 purchased Nicolet Minerals Company, the latest permit applicant and more than 5,000 acres associated with the mine site. The two tribes, flush with new wealth from casino profits, opposed the mine for years, warning it would pollute valuable water resources, including nearby Wolf River, and that the risk wasn’t worth the mining jobs that would be created.