DEQ Officially Considers Montana Tunnels Mine Abandoned or …

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued a violation letter notifying the Montana Tunnels Mine near Jefferson City in Jefferson County, Mont. that it considers the …

Montana Mines

ANSELMO MINE, BUTTE, MONTANA. The Anselmo Mine, located to the west of downtown Butte, was an important copper, lead, silver, and zinc producer. The claim was patented in …

Troubled past dogs mine's main man

Money raised from bond investors would go toward reopening Montana Tunnels, which mines and processes zinc, silver, gold and lead, and toward starting a new underground …

Montana Tunnels lays off 82

Eighty-two employees were laid off at Montana Tunnels Mine in Jefferson City at the end of the day on Tuesday, ... Running at full capacity, the mine produces 1 percent of the world's zinc.

DEQ Officially Considers Montana Tunnels Mine Abandoned or …

The violation letter outlines a path for corrective actions at the mine and provides a period of 15 days for Montana Tunnels to respond. The once active gold, silver, zinc and lead …

Another Mining Company Files for Bankruptcy Protection

Montana Tunnels is located south of Helena near Jefferson City. Photo via MTPR. In Montana, it's a tale as old as time. A mining company gets a permit for a mine, exploits the …

Montana Tunnels' permit suspended; next steps unclear

A once-profitable gold, silver, lead, and zinc mine in Jefferson County has dug itself deeper into a pit of trouble. Montana Tunnels stopped shoveling ore 25 miles south of Helena in 2008, but its ...

Montana Tunnels: Another mining disaster • Daily Montanan

When Pegasus Gold went bankrupt the mine was acquired by Apollo Gold Corp., and then by Montana Tunnels in 2010. Here's what Montana Tunnels' parent company, …

Montana mine's permit suspended over cleanup bond shortfall

The Montana Standard reports Montana Tunnels was once a profitable gold, silver, lead and zinc mine. It stopped shoveling ore a decade ago. It stopped shoveling ore a decade ago. The …

Chapter 5 Zinc Industry

zinc mine (Pierrepont and Ward Mountain) and two zinc-producing precious metals mines (Greens Creek and Montana Tunnels) opened during the decade. In addition, zinc is …

DEQ beginning bond forfeiture process on Montana Tunnels Mine

Gold, sliver, zinc and lead ore have previously been mined at the Montana Tunnels Mine, although it has not been active since 2008. DEQ issued violation letters to Montana …

DEQ initiates bond forfeiture at Montana Tunnels

Montana Tunnels mined gold, silver, zinc and lead at its open-pit mine near Jefferson City. But the troubled mine hasn't operated since 2008, and its permit was suspended in 2018 for failure to post an adequate bond.

DEQ Begins Bond Forfeiture Process on Montana Tunnels Mine, …

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality will initiate the bond forfeiture process for the Montana Tunnels Mine near Jefferson City. If the process plays out to …

After years of inaction, state and federal agencies

Two environmental groups — Bozeman-based Earthworks and Missoula-based Trout Unlimited — did an investigation into Montana Tunnels — a former lead, zinc, gold, and silver mine — …

Montana Tunnels bankruptcy plan approved

A significantly amended plan of reorganization from Montana Tunnels Mining, Inc. (MTMI), the long-troubled owner of a shuttered mining complex in Jefferson City, was …

DEQ Proceeds with Bond Forfeiture at Montana Tunnels Mine

The once active gold, silver, zinc and lead mine has not operated since 2008. In 2018, the mine's permit was suspended by operation of law over its failure to post adequate …

Montana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado …

Montana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA : Sec. 8, T 7 N, R 4 …

DEQ initiates bond forfeiture at Montana Tunnels

Montana Tunnels mined gold, silver, zinc and lead at its open-pit mine near Jefferson City. But the troubled mine hasn't operated since 2008, and its permit was suspended in 2018 …

Wickes Montana

Wickes, Montana December 1886. The mines of the Wickes area are credited with over $50,000,000 million in production prior to 1900. An open pit mine, the Montana Tunnels Mine, …

Montana Tunnels Mining, Inc. Mine Redevelopment: Part II

Montana Tunnels Production History • Mine Startup February 1986 • Length of Operations 23 Years • Total Ore Processed 98 Million tons >Gold Recovered 1.6 Million oz. >Silver …

OneMine | Montana Tunnels – start-up efficiencies improves, …

Introduction Pegasus Gold's Montana Tunnels mine is a large surface gold, silver, lead, and zinc mine located 37 km (23 miles) south of Helena in southwestern Montana. Milling …

Tunnels bids to salvage mine plan | News | boulder-monitor

The Montana Tunnels Mining bankruptcy saga may be nearing the end. Maybe. Following Montana Tunnels' failure to meet several hurdles set out by its Chapter 11 …

Montana Tunnels in confidential talks | News | boulder …

Montana Tunnels owns a gold, silver, zinc and lead mine outside Jefferson City. The mine has not operated since 2008, but its investors have estimated that it still contains upwards of $1.4 billion of ore reserves. The …

Maps showing locations of mines and prospects in the Butte …

Maps showing locations of mines and prospects in the Butte 1 °X2° quadrangle, western Montana By James E. Elliott, Jeffrey S. Loen, Kristine K. Wise, ... Montana 12 2. Production data for …

Montana Tunnels-Diamond Hill Leach Plant

The Montana Tunnels-Diamond Hill Leach Plant is located near Corbin, Montana, within the Colorado-Corbin-Wickes Mining District, which is now part of the Deerlodge National Forest. …

Montana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado Mining

Montana Tunnels Mine (Part of Corbin Copper Claims), Colorado Mining District (Prickly Pear Mining District; Corbin Mining District), Jefferson County, Montana, USA : Sec. 8, T 7 N, R 4 …

Montana Tunnels/Diamond Hill – Western Mining History

Montana Tunnels set to forfeit mine bond

It could be that the end is finally near for Montana Tunnels Mining Inc. Montana's Department of Environmental Quality on Jan. 22 started a process to force the forfeiture of …

DEQ begins bond forfeiture process on Montana …

Gold, sliver, zinc and lead ore have previously been mined at the Montana Tunnels Mine, although it has not been active since 2008. DEQ issued violation letters to Montana Tunnels...

Tunnels bankruptcy case heads to mediation | News | boulder …

The Montana Tunnels Mine in 2019. The mine's operator says it is trying to restart the facility — but the state's Department of Environmental Quality says "there is no scenario," …

DEQ initiates bond forfeiture at Montana Tunnels

Montana Tunnels mined gold, silver, zinc and lead at its open-pit mine near Jefferson City. But the troubled mine hasn't operated since 2008, and its permit was suspended in 2018 for failure to post an adequate bond. In …

Butte Montana

From Butte City (1867 Newspaper) A November 1867 letter to The Montana Post describes the early progress at Butte City. Who is Heinze? (Butte, Montana) (1900 Newspaper) Description …