Two members of the Wisconsin Legislature are asking Gogebic Taconite to remove masked security guards who are toting semi-automatic rifles and wearing camouflaged uniforms from the mining company’s site in the Penokee Hills forest.
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A security guard at the Gogebic Taconite mining site in northern Wisconsin carries a semi-automatic weapon in the Penokee Hills forest where test drilling is taking place near Moore Park Road south of Copper Falls State Park.
Heavily-armed Bulletproof Securities guards will be back on the site as soon as possible, spokesman says
The company cites the 'chilling effect' of a county regulatory bid but says it still wants a mine.
