The end of a long battle. In the 1998 U.S. Senate race of Feingold vs Mark Newman, Newman was so blatant with campaign solicitations that he took $10,000 from Exxon even as the battle raged over the mine.
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http://www.rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2005/08/03/news/local_news/news02.txtLocal News
Mining equipment moved from former Exxon headquarters
By Dean S. Acheson - Daily News staff
The last vestiges of the Exxon mining effort in Forest County were moved Monday from the former headquarters of the company in Crandon.
A massive mining loader, weighing perhaps 45,000 pounds, was loaded onto a low-boy trailer despite a hydraulic hose that spewed fluid for a short time before the machine was shut down and repairs made.
The former mine was purchased several months ago by the Sokaogon Community and the Forest County Potawatomi Community, two American Indian tribes in Forest County. The company building now is occupied by the Potawatomi Traveling Times newspaper.
Fast Transport & Service removed the loader and a companion drill machine that had been on display at the mining headquarters. One of the co-owners was happy to see machinery leave the county.
Ted Steit, a co-owner of Fast Transport & Service, said it will cost several thousand dollars to move the mining equipment to his salvage operation in Green Bay where it will be cut up and sold for scrap metal. He put in $600 of hydraulic fluid into the mine loader so it could run after seven years of sitting; he also brought in semi-trucks, trailers and a 20-ton crane to lift the equipment. He had two company employees on site for six days in addition to himself.
Proceeds from the sale of the scrap metal will cover some costs, he said, but even if he loses money, it'll be all right. "If I'm remembered as the one who got rid of this (mining equipment), I'll be happy," he said.
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