Montana’s highest court upheld the Department of Natural Resources and Conservation permit for the Black Butte Copper Mine. Now the project can proceed as planned. Montana Trout Unlimited, one of the ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Earlier this month, mining company Montana Resources discovered that a fire hydrant hooked up to ...

Payday came this week for Tim Shields, Dan Mueller, Tyke Galle and Jesse Cleverly. Perched on the dirt plateau at Montana Resources, the men took a break from repairing machinery to look over their ...

BUTTE (AP) -- The company that has resumed copper mining here intends to spruce up an area near the Berkeley Pit viewing stand and landscape an area bordering the copper mine. The Berkeley Pit is a ...

Lovers of mining, ore cars and jackleg drills will gather in Butte this weekend as part of the Mining History Association annual meet ing. The session has drawn 150 peo ple from across the globe to ...

BUTTE (AP) Montana Resources is asking its former president to evaluate the economic feasibility of reopening its copper mine after a nearly three-year shutdown. "Current market prices for metals and ...

It would dwarf the Berkeley Pit: A hole blasted and dug into the Alaskan landscape about a half-mile deep and 2.5 miles across. What could go wrong in the pursuit of what's touted as the largest known ...

BUTTE, Mont. — A Mining City institution is back open after four years of hibernation. Matt’s Place, an iconic diner ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A ski-in, ski-out home with pieces of an abandoned Colorado mine is for sale in Crested Butte, with anything from reclaimed doors to pieces of gold-flecked granite in the foundation.

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