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Wall Street Banker Bought Coal Mine For $2 Million, Found $37 Billion In Rare Earth Elements
In 2011, former Wall Street banker Randall Atkins made a bold move. He bought an old coal mine outside Sheridan, Wyoming, for about $2 million without even seeing it first. He hoped it might make a small profit, but what he found was extraordinary instead. …