Arcadia, WI . The view as it used to be... These hills in Western Wisconsin are being sheared off by mining companies for Frack Sand used in oil production. You can see the scars from orbit. ( goggle maps). In Northern Wisconsin across from St. Paul, MN : South through Wisconsin to the Illinois Border... { The sheer volume of removed material gives one an idea of how many oil wells there must be on the planet to fill with the sand.}