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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).
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.
Thousands of homes were destroyed in the Meaderville suburb and surrounding areas, McQueen and East Butte, to excavate the Berkeley Pit, which opened in 1954 [41] by Anaconda Copper. At the time, it was the largest truck-operated open pit copper mine in the United States. The Berkeley Pit grew with time until it bordered the Columbia Gardens.
Thousands of homes were destroyed in the Meaderville suburb and surrounding areas, McQueen and East Butte, to excavate the Berkeley Pit, which Anaconda Copper opened in 1954. [56] [48] When it opened, the Berkeley Pit was the largest truck-operated open pit copper mine in the nation. [60] It grew until it began encroaching on the Columbia ...
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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.
Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana: Anaconda Copper: Closed since 1947 Berkeley Pit: Butte, Silver Bow County, Montana: Anaconda Copper: Porphyry copper: Closed in 1982; now a superfund site and tourist attraction Troy Mine: Troy, Lincoln County, Montana: Revett Minerals, Hecla Mining: Closed 2015; active between 1981 and 1983, and 2005–2015 ...
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 ...