A mining company wants to dig for materials beneath the Mississippi River in Cottage Grove, Minnesota.

The proposal is getting plenty of pushback from neighbors and government agencies.

The mining company's pitch is based on a land agreement from nearly 100-years ago.

A Chicago based company called Amrize currently controls the mine producing aggregate construction materials for the Twin Cities metro area.

"I'm not aware of anywhere else in Minnesota where they're mining in the Mississippi River or any other public body of water," said Colleen O'Connor Tovorman the planning director of Friends of the Mississippi River.

Amrize claims they'll run out of resources by 2029 in the area they're currently mining — making the claim they need to dig into the river.

The company says it's land

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