Mining industry set for comeback in Wisconsin

LADYSMITH, Wis. - The sounds of industry still occasionally bellow through Ladysmith, but in the past decade, the rumbling reminders have faded away from the northern Wisconsin city.

"Unfortunately, the recession of 2007, 2008 hit this area very hard," Ladysmith city administrator Alan Christianson said.

Christianson saw the city`s housing industry take a major hit during the recession, losing hundreds of jobs.

"It`s been a struggle actually ever since," Christianson said.
 
In the years before the recession, Christianson and the city saw a far different economy. One of the industries that drove its success is now completely gone. Signs it ever even existed are hard to find, but Christianson remembers what mining did...

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