While sitting by his kitchen window one evening this past June, Peter Lucon felt the earth move. A mine shaft from the old Carrie Mine had opened up behind his house, causing a 30-foot sinkhole. -Read More-
Month: January 2019
Hydrogeologist’s death leaves big shoes to fill in Montana mine cleanups
Tom Henderson, a hydrogeologist with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, told an audience attending an October water conference in West Yellowstone that a $22 million cleanup of gold mine waste in Soda Butte Creek outside of Yellowstone National Park was the highlight of his career. -Read More-