a Beautiful Mine

Category: Montana

  • THE WORLD MUSEUM OF MINING (BUTTE, MONTANA)

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    “66 major exhibits with dozens of smaller items give you a feel for the kinds of equipment that were used in mining from the 1860s to the 1970s.” Click Here for More Information on the World Museum of Mining [flexiblemap width=”100%” height=”500px” center=”46.009772,-112.565265″ zoom=”6″ zoomType=”Large” zoomNew=”1″ mapType=”Hybrid”|showMaptype=”1″|overview=”1″ description=”The World Museum of Mining Butte, MT (406)…

  • BERKELEY PIT (BUTTE, MONTANA)

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    “The Berkely Pit, started in 1955, was a large truck-operated open-pit copper mine until mining ceased in 1982. By 1980 nearly 1.5 billion tons of material had been removed from the Pit, including more than 290 million tons of copper ore. The pit enabled Butte to claim the title The Richest Hill on Earth.” Click…