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The city of Butte is at lower right. / 46.02; -112.51. 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 depth of 1,780 feet (540 m). It is filled to a depth of about 900 feet (270 m) with water that is acidic ...
Auditor (also The Auditor; before 1986 – November 19, 2003 [1]) was a feral dog who lived on Montana Resources properties surrounding the Berkeley Pit, an open pit copper mine and Superfund site in Butte, Montana. First seen at the mine in 1986, the shaggy dog typically avoided human contact. He was given the name "Auditor" because he would ...
Columbia Gardens (amusement park) / 46.0065933; -112.4641851. The Columbia Gardens (1899–1973) was an amusement park in Butte, Montana, established by copper king William A. Clark and later owned and maintained by Anaconda Copper. During its 74 years of operation, it was the only major amusement park in the entire state.
Dumas Brothel. / 46.01143; -112.534372. The Dumas Brothel was a brothel in Butte, Montana. The brothel was founded by French-Canadian brothers Joseph and Arthur Nadeau in 1890 and named after the nominal owner, Delia Nadeau, née Dumas, who was Joseph's wife. It grew considerably through the years, with the miners employed by the city's copper ...
Speculator Mine disaster. The Granite Mountain/Speculator Mine disaster of June 8, 1917, occurred as a result of a fire in a copper mine, and was the most deadly event in underground hard rock mining in United States history. Most men died of suffocation underground as the fire consumed their oxygen; a total of 168 miners were killed.
Retrieved October 22, 2021. Located 15 miles west of Butte, Fairmont Hot Springs features a full-service lodging and conference center surrounding natural hot-spring indoor and outdoor pools...During winter, the pools are kept at about 91°F. Hot tubs are at 104°F...American Indian tribes such as the Flathead, Nez Perce and Shoshone once set ...
The Butte Citizens Technical Environmental Committee (CTEC) is a Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) [1] organization funded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide public information and outreach regarding the Silver Bow Creek/Butte Superfund environmental cleanup site and associated sites, acting as an environmental ...
Bennett Braun. Bennett G. Braun (August 7, 1940 – March 20, 2024) was an American psychiatrist known for his promotion of the concept of multiple personality disorder (now called "dissociative identity disorder") and involvement in promoting the "Satanic Panic", a moral panic around a discredited conspiracy theory that led to thousands of ...