| Montana board votes 4-1 to lease coal tracts |
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| Written by MIKE DENNISON, Missoulian | |
| Tuesday, 22 December 2009 | |
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The state Land Board Monday voted 4-1 to lease 572 million tons of state-owned coal in southeastern Montana's Otter Creek Valley - but set a relatively high minimum price to buy the rights to develop the tracts. Read more...
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