Copper extraction left a toxic pool in Butte, but some see a source of tourism and cures.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: December 28, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Michael Martinez

BUTTE, Mont. _ This land was once "the Richest Hill on Earth." Home to vast mineral wealth, Butte was one of the most storied mining towns, providing one-third of the nation's copper for the dawning electric age more than a century ago.

Today, that hill has a hole, a toxic abyss framed by a gash where the land once was. The 1-mile-by-1-{-mile pit is the centerpiece of the nation's largest string of Superfund sites stretching 140 miles,...

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