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Reuters, New West Cover Blackfoot Dam Breach

"In the novel, the Blackfoot, one of the rivers dammed in Milltown, is portrayed as a frontier of unspoiled outdoor recreation. In reality, the reservoir behind the 720-foot-(220 meter)wide, 21-foot-(seven meter)high Milltown dam east of Missoula held 6.6 million cubic yards of sediment laden with arsenic, zinc, copper and other heavy metals. The sediments came from a century of mining at the river's headwaters in Butte, 120 miles upstream." Jeff Hull for Reuters.

Meanwhile New West published photos of the event, which happened yesterday morning.

Posted by Marshall Cutchin on March 29, 2008 7:24 AM | Permalink

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