Bunker Hill Mine

Can 'green' boost propel Bunker Hill to reopen as a clean, low-impact mine?

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Thu., June 10, 2021

The miners brass badges are worn by everyone who enters Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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Mike Okuniewicz, mine safety consultant, left and Bradley Barnett, VP of sustainability ride an ATV into Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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An ATV is driven into the entrance of the Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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Mike Okuniewicz, mine safety consultant gives the go-ahead during operations at Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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A stream of contaminated water, left, flows through Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho, on March 30. Work is underway at the mine as new investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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ABOVE: Third-generation miner Josh Haynes, of Kellogg, looks for his targeted area on March 30 while working in Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho

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A stream of contaminated water flows through Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho, on March 30.

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RIGHT: Mike Okuniewicz, mine safety consultant, left, and Bradley Barnett, VP of sustainability, check water quality March 30 at Bunker Hill Mine in Wardner, Idaho

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Bradley Barnett, VP of sustainability at Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho talks about the new mining practices on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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Sam Ash, Chief Executive Officer at Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho talks about the new mining practices on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. New investors are using a more environmentally friendly method as they reopen the mine.

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