Berkeley Pit - Wikipedia
网页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).
Butte Underground Mine Tour | World Museum of Mining
网页Venture 100 feet underground to see the original shaft station and the Orphan Girl vein, one of the few exposed veins in North America that can be seen by the public. The tour guides lead you through the drift, sharing stories as you venture 100 feet into the 2700-foot-deep Orphan Girl Mine.
Butte, Montana: A Mining Town with a Heart of Gold - Reader's …
网页2024年9月19日 · The Montana Mining Town with a Heart of Gold. Anyone will tell you that Butte, Montana, is tough. They'll also tell you that it's unbelievably kind. To see the best of Butte, Montana, all Joyce O ...
World Museum of Mining | Exhibits & Mine Tours in Butte, Montana
网页Exhibits & Mine Tours in Butte, Montana. WHERE HISTORY TELLS A STORY. General Admission is self-guided and includes 22+ acres of Butte and mining history. Guests explore Hell Roarin’ Gulch, a replica 1890s mining town, the Orphan Girl Mine Yard, the Samie Keith Doll House exhibit and the Roy Garrett Rock and Mineral Exhibit.
PitWatch | Official Source for Info on the Berkeley Pit | Butte, MT
网页2023年3月6日 · PitWatch educates the public on the science, history, and safety measures of the Berkeley Pit in Butte, MT. Learn more about PitWatch's mission here!
The Berkeley Mine Pit: Butte’s Scenic Toxic Lake
网页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. A gift shop on the outskirts of town sits next to a massive man-made pit filled with 40 billion gallons of water.
Tour | Headframes of Butte | Story of Butte
网页There were once hundreds of mines on the Butte hill. Today 17 headframes, ranging from 100 to 200 feet tall, stand proudly over the mining city. The headframes supported the massive cables that were used to lower miners to their work, to transport mules, equipment and supplies down the shafts, and to bring up load after load of ore.
World Museum of Mining - Montana’s Official Tourism, Travel ...
网页The World Museum of Mining in Butte, MT was founded in 1963 when the close of Butte’s mining heyday was less than two decades away. In the end, Butte experienced a century of hard rock mining and earned the reputation of being home to one of the world’s most productive copper mines of all times.
Visit Us | Berkeley Pit Visitor Center & Info | PitWatch
网页The Berkeley Pit Viewing stand is managed by the Butte Chamber of Commerce. View the Berkeley Pit from a platform on the southwest rim. The viewing stand offers a look at the Berkeley Pit lake and surrounding historic and active mine workings. Admission Fee; Open June – September; For hours and open dates please call (406) 723-3177
The City That Ate Itself: Butte, Montana and Its Expanding …
网页Brian James Leech provides a social and environmental history of Butte, Montana’s Berkeley Pit, an open-pit mine which operated from 1955 to 1982. Using oral history interviews and archival finds, The City That Ate Itself explores the lived experience of open-pit copper mining at Butte’s infamous Berkeley Pit.
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