Berkeley Pit - Wikipedia
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 …
Butte Montana – Western Mining History
Butte History Webmaster's note: Butte, Montana is the most historically significant mining town in North America. My first visit to Butte in the early 2000s is the event that spurred the creation of …
Butte Montana Mining History
Butte, Montana was once known world-wide as The Richest Hill on Earth. A combination of geologic circumstances produced a mineral wealth that made hundreds of men rich and, more …
Open-Pit Mining and Block-Caving - Story of Butte
Butte’s sustained boom began in the 1870s, when miners found ways to exploit rich veins of ore from underground workings. That boom lasted seven decades, until the 1940s, when depletion …
Silver Bow Mining Corp.
Silver Bow Mining aims to develop critical and precious metals resources through underground mining operations in Butte, Montana. We value transparency, sustainability and meaningful …
World Museum of Mining
Our Story Welcome to the World Museum of Mining in Butte, MT, founded in 1963 and opened in 1965, just before Butte’s mining boom went out with a bang! Butte rocked a century of hard …
Montana Resources
The Mining Process Montana Resources operates an open pit copper and molybdenum mine in Butte, Montana. The operation comprises the Continental mine, crushers, and a concentrator …
Montana Mining – The true story - Montana Beyond
Jul 8, 2025 · From the first mining sites, their evolution and their renovation up to new prospecting in Montana, here is the story of Montana mining.
World Museum of Mining - Visit Butte Montana
Step into the mining history of Butte, Montana at the World Museum of Mining. Tour a real mine, explore a re-created 1890s town, and relive history.
The Berkeley Mine Pit: Butte’s Scenic Toxic Lake
The Berkeley Mine Pit is the most expensive site on the EPA’s superfund list, filled with water so acidic it can dissolve the propeller of a boat. Butte, Montana’s history is inseparably tied to …
Mining in the Butte District began in 1864 with the discovery of placer gold, which produced 75,000 oz by 1867. Prospectors quickly explored veins on the Butte Hill and staked claims by …
Life Underground — The Verdigris Project
Life Underground These in-depth, hour-long episodes tell the story of underground mining and other important chapters in Butte history by drawing from archival recording and new oral …