High Country News http://www.hcn.org These are the search results for the query, showing results 1 to 9. Remediating a Superfund sacrifice zone on Montana's Clark Fork river http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/remediating-the-countrys-largest-superfund-site-on-the-upper-clark-fork-river-in-montana The town of Opportunity, Mont., is weighed down by pollution from old copper mining and a modern-day river restoration project. No publisher Brad Tyer William Andrews Clark company towns cancer mine tailings George Niland Anaconda Company Clark Fork River restoration project copper mining Huguette Clark Montana Silver Bow Creek EPA Butte ARCO Opportunity pollution 2011-09-26T14:56:26Z News Article Survival and opportunism in Butte: A review of The Richest Hill on Earth http://www.hcn.org/issues/43.16/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. No publisher Karen Rigby The Richest Hill on Earth Copper Kings novels Butte, Montana copper mining historical fiction Richard S. Wheeler 2011-09-16T19:32:58Z News Article Remember the mines before China buys them all http://www.hcn.org/wotr/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. No publisher Timothy James LeCain Copper Thomas Edison copper mining metal mining digital technology Jacking mansion Steven Jobs minerals 2011-04-26T21:47:36Z News Article 'The music of men's lives' http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.17/the-music-of-mens-lives In his new novel, Work Song, Ivan Doig describes the struggle between mine owners and union activists in post-WWI Butte, Mont. No publisher Kathleen Yale copper mining Butte, Montana novels Western history Work Song fiction IWW Ivan Doig Wobblies 2010-10-06T18:28:21Z News Article Hula on the hill http://www.hcn.org/issues/42.13/hula-on-the-hill In Butte, Mont., a giant hula dance calls attention to the polluted water in the Berkeley Pit. No publisher Cherie Newman copper mining mining pollution Kristi Hager Berkeley Pit Cool Water Hula 2010-07-27T20:35:38Z News Article Asarco would take us back to a polluted past http://www.hcn.org/wotr/17045 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. No publisher Robert Rowley Pollution Asarco copper mining smelters pollution 2010-02-05T09:43:24Z News Article Phelps Dodge looks to revive mining in the Copper State http://www.hcn.org/issues/267/14526 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 No publisher Mitch Tobin Copper Phelps Dodge Safford Arizona copper mining Gila River Bureau of Land Management land swaps 2010-02-05T09:56:04Z News Article Death of a mine http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17520 Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine was supposed to be a hugely profitable copper producer; instead, it went belly-up in just two years. No publisher Jodi Peterson copper mining Lisbon Valley Mine Corp. Constellation Copper mine economics 2010-12-17T20:10:40Z News Article The short life of Lisbon Valley http://www.hcn.org/issues/364/17521 A brief timeline traces the brief history of Utah’s Lisbon Valley Mine. No publisher Jodi Peterson copper mining Lisbon Valley Mine Corp. Constellation Copper 2010-12-17T20:08:10Z News Article