Anaconda Copper

There had been twelve men that were working the mine in 1894, and shipping ore. By 1870, the population in Montana territory was declining, and the mining output as well. 15 years later, it all had eventually changed. The mines in Anaconda/Butte were productive that they were influencing world prices. Mining that was in Montana took on a new form based on the company towns and the industrial centers. There had been quite a bit of mining northwest and southwest of Kalispell, over…

According to Dobbs, “from the late 1800s through the first part of this century the so-called Mining City yielded about 13.25 billion pounds of copper, which was a third of the total used in the United States and sixth of the world supply.” (Pennies, 314) The copper industry was a paradigm for this line of thought by America, and for many the Anaconda hill contained a vast…

1995, 342 dead snow geese are found in the Berkeley Pit. The Berkeley Pit was an operating open pit copper mine in Butte, Montana from 1955 to 1982. The mine was opened and run by the Anaconda Mining Co. When the mine was closed in 1982 it was 1 mile long by ½ mile wide and 1,780 feet deep. Pumps were run to keep the water down while mining operations were running. When the mine was closed the pumps were shut off and the water level in the pit quickly started rising at a rate of .7 feet per…

The Stories That Sail In my young age, I always heard stories from my father. From the boring, old “When I was your age...” ones, and to the great exciting ones. These stories sailed through my mind like ships on endless voyages and they were my favorite, often about my grandparents. They would play dangerous games that my parents would not think of letting me wrap my mind around today. My most favorite ones involved my grandparents in their lives before they came to California. My…

corporations in the western world at the expense of the local economy and culture. Pablo Neruda is not slow to call out some of the problems that have happened with globalization and the companies that have caused them. He specifically mentions Coca-Cola, Anaconda, and Ford…