Why would they need to mine rocks in order to build a wind farm? Are they just talking about leveling the site and calling that mining?
The holes to fill with concrete pads are deep, and large in sq footage. Imagine the costs of digging them up? I think the base is about 50 feet in diameter, and 1 1/2 to 2 stories deep. To say nothing of the roads needed. When they build these on land that can support crops, they are permanently removing that land from usage forever.
It doesn’t matter. The Indians owned the mineral rights and the company ignored their property rights. I hope it bankrupts them.