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December 7, 2016

Thousands of geese die in Montana mine

BUTTE, Mont. (AP) — Montana mine officials say it's likely that several thousand migrating snow geese died after landing in the toxic waters of the pit mine last week.

Montana Resources and Atlantic Richfield Co. officials tell The Montana Standard that federal and state agencies are still verifying their counts, which are based on photos taken from drone and aircraft flights over the 700-acre Berkeley Pit in Butte.


 
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