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Montana Multiple Use Association Backs Miner
May 2005 by Tim Ravndal
The case is Fortner & Montana Multiple Use Association v. Broadwater County Soil Conservation District, Cause No. DV-04-45. Fortner is a miner who owns patented mining claims in Confederate Gulch in Broadwater County.The Bawl Mill
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