Butte to start next phase of removing buried mine waste from Civic Center Road
Next phase of parrot tailings removal moving forward
By: John Emeigh
and last updated 2021-01-26 12:52:46-05
BUTTE - The next phase of removing buried mine waste, known as the parrot tailings is set to begin next month.
That involves tearing down the current county maintenance building off Civic Center Road, digging up the tailings and hauling the waste to the Montana Resources property.
âItâs a huge effort that will be taken, itâll be about a half million cubic yards of mine waste that will be removed from that site, it will reclamate the site down to the level of what the civic center is and Civic Center Road will be closed during this time,â said Butte Chief Executive J.P. Gallagher.