"It's very important to Jefferson County's economy, but also important to the state of Montana." Kirsch noted that no county money is at risk, even if the mine defaults on its bond payments.

BOULDER - What could be the first underground gold mine to open in Montana in at least a decade is proposed near the ghost town of Elkhorn in Jefferson County ... to the state Department of ...

Two of Montana’s largest coal mines have announced leadership changes to start the new year. Signal Peak, the state’s only underground ... owner of Spring Creek mine, will be under new ...

BILLINGS — Montana environmental regulators want more information on a proposed Otter Creek ... proposing a mine that would extract up to 20 million tons of coal a year from state-owned and ...