Butte, Montana

    
View of Berkeley Pit waste
View of Berkeley Pit waste

Note how the waste from the newer Berkeley Pit surrounds and buries older underground mines.

Year: 2006

Click here for copyright information

Home | Mining Towns | Articles | Links | Town Archive | Article Archive | Update Log | Contact

© Copyright 2004-2008 Westernmininghistory.com

More Western United States articles and travel information can be found at Wander the West

Geology and geosciences community Geosciences