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  • Turning the Old West into the New West

    The old mining town of Anaconda, Mont., has turned a mine dump into a designer golf course.

  • Feds to Idaho mines: Clean up

    The federal government files suit against eight mining companies for polluting Idaho's Coeur d'Alene River basin with mining waste.

  • Subterranean terror

    A brochure and video called "Abandoned Mines, Stay Out and Stay Alive," seeks to educate people about the dangers of unreclaimed abandoned mines.

  • Judge rocks Montana's open-pit mines

    Montana judge rules that reclamation at open-pit mines in the state must include the pit itself.

  • Miners hope to become subdividers

    Mid-Continent Resources wants to develop land to help pay for mine cleanup.

  • Mid-Continent mine dispute continues

    The federal Office of Surface Mining says Colorado underestimated the cost and extent of reclaiming the Mid-Continent mine site near Redstone, Colo.

  • Wyoming beats around the bush

    A Wyoming law relaxing mined land reclamation standards could cost the state federal funding and regulatory authority.

  • Seeking Treasure in Butte's trash

    Metanetix, Mycotech and other companies see opportunity in cleaning up Butte's Superfund site.

  • State sues miners

    Colorado sues the owners of a Mid-Continent resources for failing to reclaim coal mine near Redstone, Colo.

  • New mine disaster looms over Colorado

    The Forest Service says the former Mid-Continent coal mine site in Colorado could be difficult to reclaim.

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