By Duncan Adams, Montana Standard
The words “Greeley” and “grit” share two consonants and many residents of Butte’s Greeley neighborhood sorely wish they did not.
Montana Resources recently reported the company anticipates spending about $4 million more this year than during previous years just to control dust from the tailings impoundment at the open pit copper and molybdenum mine in Butte.
The company has never denied that dust from its mining and milling operations and its exposed tailings impoundment migrates off the sprawling mine’s grounds during windy conditions.
