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词条 Zortman, Montana
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  1. History

  2. Climate

  3. Pegasus and Landusky mines

  4. References

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}}Zortman is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Phillips County, Montana, United States. Its population was 69 as of the 2010 census.[2] Zortman has a post office with ZIP code 59546.[4][5]

The community includes the Zortman Motel and the Buckhorn Store and Cabins. The Buckhorn Store is the only store in the community. Zortman is a popular place for hunters to have dinner and stay while on their trip.

History

Prospectors arrived in the Zortman area in 1868. About 2,000 men came to Zortman in 1884, when Pike Landusky and Dutch Louie discovered gold. By 1893, Pete Zortman and a partner owned the Alabama Mine. Other mines in the area were the Ruby Mine and the Little Ben Mine.[6] It is estimated that local mines had produced $125 million in gold by 1949.[7]

Climate

According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Zortman has a semi-arid climate, abbreviated "BSk" on climate maps.[8]

Zortman has a long history of wildfires. Many of the original buildings in Zortman were lost in fires during 1929 and 1944. A forest fire in 1936 reached the edges of Zortman, killing four people and burning 23,000 acres.[6]

In July 2017, a wildfire in the Zortman area threatened the small town, and burned over 10,000 acres of forest in the Little Rocky Mountains.[9]

Pegasus and Landusky mines

Zortman was home to a mine operated by Pegasus Gold Corp., which was shut down in 1997.[10] The company went bankrupt the following year, in 1998.[11] The Zortman mine is about a mile and a half from the Landusky mine. Both are cyanide heap-leach gold mines.[12]

According to the Bureau of Land Management,

  • "Precipitation runoff from Zortman and Landusky mines has deposited dangerous substances into nearby tributaries and rivers.
  • A $13.8 million trust fund was set up to construct and operate three water capture and treatment systems."[13]
Water treatment plants for Zortman and Landusky are operated on behalf of the Montana Department of Environmental Quality in order to preserve the water quality of the Milk and Missouri Rivers, and of the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation.[14][15]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/gazette.html|publisher=United States Census Bureau|accessdate=2011-04-23|date=2011-02-12|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://factfinder2.census.gov |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-05-14 |title=American FactFinder |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130911234518/http://factfinder2.census.gov |archivedate=September 11, 2013 }}
3. ^{{cite gnis|778765|Zortman}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=http://tools.usps.com/go/ZipLookupAction!input.action|title=USPS - Look Up a ZIP Code|accessdate=2012-02-15|author=United States Postal Service|year=2012}}
5. ^{{cite web|title=Postmaster Finder - Post Offices by ZIP Code|url=http://webpmt.usps.gov/pmt008.cfm|publisher=United States Postal Service|accessdate=July 19, 2013}}
6. ^{{Cite book|title=Ghost Towns of Montana|last=Miller|first=Donald C|publisher=Pruett Publishing Co|year=1974|isbn=|location=Boulder, CO|pages=172}}
7. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.visitmt.com/listings/general/ghost-town/town-site-of-zortman-and-landusky.html|title=Town Site of Zortman and Landusky|last=|first=|date=2017|website=Visit Montana|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
8. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=43542&cityname=Zortman,+Montana,+United+States+of+America&units=|title=Zortman, Montana Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase)|website=Weatherbase}}
9. ^{{cite web|url=http://billingsgazette.com/news/local/july-fire-has-burned-more-than-acres-percent-contained/article_9e6a7c71-b865-5efb-b941-c67ed1314fc3.html|title=July Fire has burned more than 10,000 acres; 45 percent contained|first=Matt|last=Hoffman|publisher=Billings Gazette | date = July 9, 2017}}
10. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.hcn.org/issues/121/3860|title=The rise and fall of a gold mining company | last = Abel | first = Heather | website = High Country News | date = December 22, 1997}}
11. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/cruises/sns-bc-us--wilderness-mines-20171129-story.html|title=Montana lets mine work proceed but warns revocation possible|last=Brown|first=Matthew|date=November 30, 2017|website = Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-12-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US}}
12. ^{{Cite web|url=http://leg.mt.gov/content/publications/environmental/2004zortman.pdf|title=Zortman & Landusky Mines. HJR 43. Water Quality Impacts|last=Mitchell|first=Larry D|date=2004|website=|page=2|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
13. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.abandonedmines.gov/success-story/zortman-landusky-gold-mines|title=Zortman & Landusky Gold Mines {{!}} AbandonedMines|website=www.abandonedmines.gov|language=en|access-date=2017-12-02}}
14. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.spectrum-eng.com/staff/maehl/maehl-resume.pdf|title=William C. Maehl P.E., President - Senior Principal Mining Engineer|last=|first=|date=2015|website=Spectrum Engineering and Environmental LLC|page=2|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=December 2, 2017}}
15. ^{{Cite web|url=https://fs.ogm.utah.gov/pub/MINES/AMR_Related/NAAMLP/EnDesign/Maehl.pdf|title=Zortman and Landusky with 20/20 Hindsight|last=Maehl|first=William C|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=}}
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