Arco Agrees to Pay $28 Million to Clean Up Montana Mining Town
Adding to its $1.4 billion already spent on cleaning up former mining sites near Butte, Montana, Atlantic Richfield Company agreed Tuesday to pay another $28 million for mining cleanup costs in Anaconda, Montana.
Anaconda is just 25 miles from Butte, which for over a century has been billed as “The Richest Hill on Earth” for its vast copper reserves. Read more.…