Results for keyword: copper mining
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Remediating a Superfund sacrifice zone on Montana's Clark Fork river
The town of Opportunity, Mont., is weighed down by pollution from old copper mining and a modern-day river restoration project.
by Brad Tyer, Sep 25, 2011 -
Survival and opportunism in Butte: A review of The Richest Hill on Earth
Richard S. Wheeler's historical novel dramatizes the rivalry between the "Copper Kings" in 19th century Butte, Mont.
by Karen Rigby, Sep 18, 2011 -
Remember the mines before China buys them all
China is far ahead of the U.S. when it comes to remembering the importance of the copper mines our modern technology depends on.
by Timothy James LeCain , Apr 27, 2011 -
'The music of men's lives'
In his new novel, Work Song, Ivan Doig describes the struggle between mine owners and union activists in post-WWI Butte, Mont.
by Kathleen Yale, Oct 10, 2010 -
Hula on the hill
In Butte, Mont., a giant hula dance calls attention to the polluted water in the Berkeley Pit.
by Cherie Newman, Aug 01, 2010 -
Death of a mine
Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine was supposed to be a hugely profitable copper producer; instead, it went belly-up in just two years.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 18, 2008 -
The short life of Lisbon Valley
A brief timeline traces the brief history of Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine.
by Jodi Peterson, Feb 18, 2008 -
Asarco would take us back to a polluted past
Asarco wants to reopen a copper smelter in downtown El Paso, but Robert Rowley remembers the old smelter’s pollution and all the sickness it caused.
by Robert Rowley, May 14, 2007 -
Phelps Dodge looks to revive mining in the Copper State
Phelps Dodge wants to open a big copper mine near Safford, Ariz., but some critics say that the company’s planned land swap is a rip-off, and that the mine may have harmful environmental impacts
by Mitch Tobin, Feb 02, 2004






