October 29, 2012: CarpeDiem weighs in on same story.
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This story in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune has any number of story lines if you want to look for them. The tone of this story tells me that the appetite for sand for the Bakken and Eagle Ford is huge -- but we already knew that, and then all those gas wells elsewhere. The sand in Wisconsin/Minnesota -- just a short rail trip to North Dakota. Funny how things work out.
Nothing to do with the Bakken, but I love the steel guitar: