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What to know about Minnesota's richest-in-the-world helium deposit
BABBITT — A half-hour ride from Babbitt along bumpy Superior National Forest roads crisscrossed by rivers and creeks and ATV trails, there is a drill site. Surrounded by conifers, workers on the 1-acre site are serenaded by the constant, grunting hum of a …