Butte: "Richest hill on earth"...and costliest mine superfund site

From: Engineering and Mining Journal | Date: February 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Jerrold J. Marcus, Contributing Editor ithout having to identify it further to the mining fraternity, Butte, Mont., immediately conjures up a vision of past glory and even surprising ongoing mining success by the current operator, Montana Resources (MR). Butte has been called "the richest hill on Earth" for more than a century because of the extent of its original, subsequently mined, and stillexisting high-grade ore reserve.

The overall district in plan has been likened to 2 x 3/4-mi ellipse with its long axis striking southwest/northeast. Even environmentalists concede that mining in Butte ...

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