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The Berkeley Pit is a former open pit copper mine in the western United States, located in Butte, Montana. It is one mile (1.6 km) long by one-half mile (800 m) wide, with an approximate maximum depth of 1,780 feet (540 m).
The Anaconda Copper Mine was a large copper mine in Butte, Montana that closed operations in 1947 and was eventually consumed by the Berkeley Pit, a vast open-pit mine. [1] Originally a silver mine, it was bought for $30,000 in 1881 by an Irish immigrant named Marcus Daly from Michael Hickey, a Civil War veteran, and co-owner Charles X. Larabie ...
Auditor (also The Auditor; before 1986 – November 19, 2003 [1]) was a feral dog who lived on Montana Resources properties surrounding the Berkeley Pit, an open pit copper mine and Superfund site in Butte, Montana. First seen at the mine in 1986, the shaggy dog typically avoided human contact.
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The Berkeley Pit in 1984. Anaconda ceased mining at the Continental Pit in 1983. Montana Resources LLP bought the property and reopened the Continental Pit in 1986. The company stopped mining in 2000, but resumed in 2003 with higher metal prices, and continues at last report, employing 346 people.
The short film ends with a discussion of Berkeley Pit. Michael Punke's Fire and Brimstone: The North Butte Mining Disaster of 1917 covers the Speculator Mine disaster of 1917 in Butte, and the impact that had on big mining and unions in Montana. The 2008 PBS documentary Butte, America covers similar themes.
The Lavender Pit, Bisbee, Arizona. Berkeley Pit – former copper mine in Butte, Montana; now the largest and most expensive Superfund site in history; Bingham Canyon Mine – copper mine in Salt Lake County, Utah; largest man-made excavation on Earth; more commonly known as Kennecott Copper Mine; Chino Mine – copper mine in Grant County, New ...
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