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Committee backs bill to designate a Montana Mining Day; hearing draws industry and labor support
Summary
House Bill 203, to create a Montana Mining Day, drew bipartisan support at the Senate State Administration Committee. Mining industry groups, labor and conservation representatives testified in favor, emphasizing mining's historical and current economic role.
House Bill 203, sponsored in the House by Representative Curtis Schomer (House District 48), would designate a state day to recognize Montana's mining heritage and contemporary mining industry.
Representative Curtis Schomer, who said he has 19 years' experience as an underground miner, opened the bill hearing and described the proposal as “a very special bill” noting the state seal motto Oro y Plata and the industry's role in Montana history.…
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