
FILE - This 1998 file photo shows the now-defunct Zortman-Landusky mine in the Little Rocky Mountains. Hecla Mining President Phillips S. Baker, Jr., the head of an Idaho mining company, said Friday, March 30, 2018, Montana officials appear to be trying to delay two mines proposed beneath a wilderness area, designating him a "bad actor" because of past pollution. (Larry Mayer/Billings Gazette via AP, File)
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