Originally posted by Gustofer:
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Originally posted by Modern Day Savage:
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Originally posted by Gustofer:
I've often wondered how the town of Butte, MT has turned into a big sinkhole.
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I wasn't aware of this. Is Butte slowly sinking or seeing any problems from the mines?
Oh, Butte has it's problems for sure, but to my knowledge not so much from the underground mining. Google the Berkeley Pit, though, for their issues with open pit mining. Nearly a century of no regard for anything but the minerals and the money has caused a lot of problems for them and those downstream. I live on the Clark Fork River a few hundred miles downstream from Butte. While the water is generally considered "safe" now, there are still limits placed on how much fish to consume due to the heavy metal contamination.
