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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Yankee, post: 907439, member: 18618&quot;]Story Published: Jun 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM MDT </p><p>Story Updated: Jun 2, 2010 at 4:02 PM MDT </p><p><br /></p><p>HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Montana officials expect to reclaim millions in gold as they start cleaning up an old mine site north of Yellowstone National Park.</p><p><br /></p><p>The Montana Department of Environmental Quality says reclaiming the 30-acre McLaren Tailings Site near Cooke City is a multimillion dollar project that will also result in salvageable gold that can be sold.</p><p>Mine waste from the site contaminates Soda Butte Creek, which extends into the park.</p><p>The agency expects to remove a half-million tons of contaminated waste. A portion will be transported to a commercial mine to recover gold that remains in the tailings.</p><p>The state estimates there could be $25 to $30 million worth of gold in the tailings<a href="http://www.abcmontana.com/news/state/95457959.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.abcmontana.com/news/state/95457959.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abcmontana.com/news/state/95457959.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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