MINNEAPOLIS – The Mississippi River snakes below the bluffs at Spring Lake Park Reserve near Hastings, where people stroll or ski along the trails to take in the view of the majestic river.
But some local officials and river lovers are raising alarms about the prospect of that scenic vista changing. A proposal for a new phase of gravel mining at Grey Cloud Island could come with mining equipment – some of it 65 feet tall – within the river itself.
Dakota County Planning Manager Kurt Chatfield said visitors would see and hear Amrize Midwest Inc.’s Nelson Mine all the time…