From the Wednesday, October 26, 2005 online edition of the Billings Gazette . . .
A Canadian mining company plans to apply for a permit by the end of next month to establish a coal mine in the northern reaches of Montana's Flathead River system.
Cline Mining Corp. confirmed its intention at a meeting in Fernie, British Columbia, last week to pursue a small-mine permit to extract up to 250,000 tons of coking coal each year from the site in the Foisey Creek basin. The company has said production would eventually expand to 2 million tons annually, and plans to begin development on the mine next spring.
The confirmation drew rapid opposition on both sides of the border.
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