Gardner persuaded Dennis Washington to buy the Butte mine in 1985 and then served as president of Montana Resources.

Just look at Butte. The copper extracted from the “Richest Hill on Earth” electrified a nation, powered Allied victories in two World Wars and sustained two thriving cities at the headwaters ...

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 ...

The Chick-Fil-A development comes at a projected cost of $5.4 million, and Wright says it will be locally owned and operated.

New discovery of gold-rich porphyry intrusions (4.26 g/t gold) 850m east of the historic Sunrise Mine. New porphyry target at ...

Do you have any personal connections to Crested Butte? " I was born in Crested Butte and moved to Taos, NM at an early age.

December 6, 1907 - Worst coal mine disaster in US history: 362 miners are killed in an explosion at the Monongah Nos. 6 and 8 coal mines in Monongah, West Virginia. December 19, 1907 - An explosion ...

A new women’s prison would create about 100 full-time jobs, he said, including nursing and maintenance positions.

As Butte, America prepares for yet another spectacular St. Patrick's Day, one of Uptown's most iconic symbols, which was gone each of the past four years, is ...

A new women’s prison would create about 100 full-time jobs, he said, including nursing and maintenance positions.

People who've spent years advocating for a thorough Superfund cleanup in Butte and Anaconda and along the Clark Fork River worry that EPA budget cuts could favor polluters.