Yellowstone Mine Owner Likes Deal

The company involved in a controversial gold mine near Yellowstone National Park said a Clinton administration proposal to close the mine is acceptable, but it wants to make sure the government can deliver before formally agreeing to the plan. In a letter Crown Butte Mines Inc., a Canadian firm whose parent company is based in Houston, expressed concern about recent congressional criticism of the deal and said it wants further assurances that Congress will approve it. The administration had offered to give the company $65 million.