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Fracking sand mines credited rising, dropping property values
2014-04-16 00:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Great Lakes Echo: Perry Schmitt describes himself as pro-mining but blames the frac sand mine across the highway from his home for driving down the asking price by more than $25,000, to $189,000. His neighbors made out better. Kari Curran and her husband sold 130 acres for $1.5 million to a company affiliated with Unimin Mining Corp., operator of the mine. The property was previously valued at about $225,000. It was kind of bittersweet, Curran said. That was the house we raised our kids in. In the three years since...
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