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Mont. tribes lose mining auction
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2001 The Gros Ventre and Assiniboine Sioux tribes on the Fort Belknap Reservation in Montana were outbid on Tuesday by a California businessman for 71 mining claims. The tribes had made a final offer of $130,000 for the claims, which are located on about 1,000 acres of land considered sacred. Lucas Ployhar outbid them with an offer of $135,000. The leases were auctioned off as part of bankruptcy proceedings for the Pegasus Gold Corp. The company declared bankruptcy after the tribes won a $37 million pollution judgment. Get the Story:
Californian outbids tribes for mines (The Billings Gazette 9/5)
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