Reply #10: I agree it has great history [View All]

[Ediacara]

After the Berkeley Pit was closed, there was a plan to actually dismantle the whole town and relocate people elsewhere because of the pervasiveness of arsenic everywhere. The main ore they were after was a copper ore called enargite, Cu₃AsS₄.

That plan obviously didn't go anywhere. Part of me is sad that Butte has been so shafted and I cheer on the old-timers that say with all sincerity, "Butte's comin' back!" But then the rest of me sees a giant environmental disaster that needs cleaning up and is dangerous for living things, especially humans.