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June 27, 2013

The Berkeley Pit

Over the active lifespan of the Berkeley, approximately 320 million tons of ore and over 700 million tons of waste rock were mined from the Pit. Put another way, "The Richest Hill on Earth" produced enough copper to pave a four-lane highway four inches thick from Butte to Salt Lake City and 30 miles beyond. PitWatch Site in Butte, Montana

Posted by gerardvanderleun at June 27, 2013 10:08 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.

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