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Wounding the West : Montana, mining, and the environment
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Wounding the West : Montana, mining, and the environment

Author: David Stiller
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2000.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Wounding the West traces the role of hardrock mining and its relationship with the American West by following the environmental history of one Montana mine, the Mike Horse, from its 1898 discovery, through its heyday in the 1940s, subsequent abandonment, and eventual cleanup under the coercion of a state law that many would consider ill-suited for abandoned mines. David Stiller argues that taxpayers should treat  Read more...
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Stiller, David, 1947-
Wounding the West.
Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2000
(OCoLC)607464145
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: David Stiller
ISBN: 0803242816 9780803242814
OCLC Number: 42643522
Description: xv, 212 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1 Beginnings 9 --
2 Discovery 17 --
3 Hard Times and Early Signs 35 --
4 Rebirth 45 --
5 Dam 63 --
6 An Open Portal 87 --
7 Planting Fish 105 --
8 When Giants Die 125 --
9 Cleanup 149 --
10 Divide 175.
Responsibility: David Stiller.
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Traces the role of hardrock mining and its relationship with the American West by following the environmental history of one Montana mine, the Mike Horse, from its 1898 discovery, through its heyday  Read more...

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