The Berkeley Pit remains high on the list of candidates for an approved repository for contaminated wastes from sites in the Silver Bow Creek Corridor in Butte. The more controversial Kelley Mine ...

The Berkeley Pit in Butte is seen in this panoramic image shot in September 2023. Its contaminated waters could become a dumping ground for Superfund wastes excavated from sites in the Silver Bow ...

BUTTE, Mont. — In Butte, prospects of the Berkeley Pit being used to contain hundreds of thousands of cubic yards of mine waste are gaining momentum.

BUTTE — The area surrounding the Berkeley Pit — a man-made lake of toxic water in Butte that would likely kill a human or animal that drank from it — is teeming with life. From foxes and ...

BUTTE, Mont. — Officials in Butte continue to investigate the feasibility of using the Berkeley Pit as a repository for ongoing superfund cleanup of the Mining City.

SUSAN DUNLOP Montana Standard Apr 26, 2015 Apr 26, 2015Updated Oct 24, 2015 0 1 of 5 ...

A Montana legislative committee unanimously voted Wednesday to petition the U.S. Congress to support efforts to pull rare earth elements from the Berkeley Pit in Butte.

Montana artist Nolan Salix channeled his anger over 3,000 to 4,000 snow geese dying in the Berkeley Pit last December into an artwork on scrap copper pieces. The 4-foot by 8-foot painting will be ...

Bryson said possible repository sites include an area off Shields Avenue on Montana Resources property, the already contaminated Berkeley Pit and corporation-owned land north of the Kelley Mine ...

After spending the day in Butte, beginning with a bird’s-eye view of the Berkeley Pit and ending with a plate of chopped brisket at Dickey’s Barbecue Pit, I turned my car westbound on ...

BUTTE- The Berkeley Pit is completely frozen over due to the cold temperatures in the Mining City last week. It is a sight some people in Butte say they never thought they would see.

MONTANA Skyrocketing electricity prices in Montana are indirectly raising the level of Butte’s Berkeley Pit, a 900-foot-deep, 30 billion-gallon soup of acid-mine runoff that ranks as the nation ...