The history and future of Butte, Montana
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- Опубликовано: 11 июл 2024
- For a small town, Butte, Montana is rich in history - from being, at one time, the largest city between Chicago and San Francisco, to being the site of one of the world's most productive copper mines. But the closing of mines, and their distinction of being home to one of the nation's largest Superfund sites, have long cast a shadow over the place. Last summer the residents of Butte turned a corner in their efforts to reverse environmental damage and be delisted as a Superfund site. Correspondent Luke Burbank reports on how the town's past is informing its march forward.
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When I got out of the Army in 1971 a friend of mine took me to Butte where he grew up. Brian Maddox . We then went to Bozeman and eventually found ourselves living in West Yellowstone. Very special time in my life. Young and dumb as they say. Brian passed away in 1973 in Colorado. That’s for the shining times Brian. R.I.P.
My wife and I visited Butte in 2013. Visually and historically hiking town. Few towns have made such a strong impression on us. Nowhere like it.
I'm a Montanan and went to college there in Butte. Most interesting town in the country! My grandfather was the last employee working the smelter in Great Falls - where much of the copper was sent to be transformed into huge spools of wire. He has numerous patents to his name for developing methods of copper leaching!
Childhoods are always great because your too young to realize the reality.
The lady who was being interviewed said she felt sad, as a little kid, to see people losing their jobs. Children see reality, better than most sometimes.
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Yep, and that built-in forgetter too!
Butte and its historical buildings are goregous. Cant wait to get back!
My Grandmother was born in Anaconda Montana in 1909 and grew up in Butte. She lived to be 98 years old and lived the last six years of her life in Hawaii. My Mother, her eldest daughter, often said that Butte was a lovely town.
Hooray for Butte, Montana, it's people and their courage and determination.
I’m 63 , I live about 6 blocks from the Berkeley Pit , born , raised and lived in Butte for all but a few years , ran over 40,000 miles in and around Butte , still do. Golf ,ride motorcycles which is especially nice with a lot less traffic around , I may snowbird to Mexico , which is delightful but wouldn’t want to live anywhere else the other 9 months . Love My Hometown , thanks to my ancestors for settling here in Beautiful southwest Montana.
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We were in Montana about a month ago and decided to go to Butte since we’ve never been. Unfortunately, it was not a good experience, which surprised us since most of the towns we’ve visited have been wonderful. I know every place has its issues but it seems, to me, Butte has a long way to go before it can be called a good place to live. However, we did get to see the final resting place of Evel Knievel, who I believe was a local. If you do get the chance, take a visit to Butte, and make up your own mind.
Yeah, I live in Missoula but was there last month for a race but before then had never been more than 1/4 mile from the interstate. The downtown is sad and the pit is creepy. Stayed at a friends house that have an actual view of the pit from their house! At least they are above it…
Yes evil kineval lived there for a long time and butte is a wonderful I lived there for 3o years it is a mining town.
@@shannonfoster5806 locals refer to the old part of town as the uptown in Butte. Its a quirk with the oldest part of the town being on top of the hill.
I was drawn to Butte, America 10 years ago because the city is so beautiful and picturesque. Butte also has the best and nicest people I have ever encountered. I’m so glad that my favorite place on planet earth, is finally seeing the big uptick that they most definitely deserve. And the proof is in the pudding. When I visit other Montana cities and towns and people ask what my favorite Montana place is? I always proudly say Butte, America and I kid you not, someone offers to buy me a drink. Butte is not only amazing to me, but also garners so much respect from around Montana. For a non-native, I am so attached to Butte and spend as much time as I can. Heck I bragged about so much my mom chose to retire there. Now I visit even more often than ever. #richesthill #bestplaceever #ilovebutteamerica #butteforever #butteisbest #gobulldogs #charlieoredigger #mff2022 #GodblessButte
The only people that love butte……..also love meth 🤣 - any REAL Montana resident will agree.
@@iiniijewelry Before you make anecdotal statements, know this. Silver Bow County is not even in the top ten of Montana Counties of meth problems. And the state of MT is not in the top 10 of states with meth issues. Michigan is the meth capital followed by New York, Indiana, Illinois, and NC to round out the top ten. Moreover according to the state' Board of Crime Control, eastern Montana has more issues that the rest of the state when it comes to meth. I know Butte has a meth problem, but the problem loom bigger elsewhere. Just sayin...
During the 1800's and into the early 1900's, Butte had more people that spoke Irish Galic than English.
First Nations Women come up Missing every week near Butte, Montana...
@@eltorocal really? Hmmh? Somethings not right.
@@Angelina6518 Just copy my words, then paste 'em into your choice of search engines... You will find the truth.
Mostly from around the Berehaven, County Cork area where there had been some copper mining.
Butte native here loving this report! Grew up mostly north of Platinum and west of Montana!
Lived on the flat. BHS class of 77
Typical departure by mines, leaving destruction behind... should held 100% responsible
It has been a long time since that was typical. Mine reclamation is now part of the permitting process and economic studies. In other words, that expense is a factor of the economic feasibility of the project. Investors know that they are funding it as well as the project itself. There's no way around responsibility anymore. In addition, if a company tried to get away with something, the market would punish it if the government regulators did not. Its share price would fall. Minds change as times change.
Its not the mine workers. It’s the mining companies that should be held accountable.
Butte is a really interesting city that we really feel a connection to. We visit often. Thanks for sharing this.
Imagine seeing you in here...😉. Who woulda guessed. 😁
Such a beautiful town. At least they actively trying to get back and move on from the industry, unlike some parts of coal country
Other towns have tried too and with varying degrees of success just like Butte
Spend time their . People are the not helping it move back
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Never mined.Seriously all Kudos to the Butians for their dogged pursuit of a clean environment.
Lmao..."Butians."
Butte cleaned up its mess. If only we could do this nationwide!
Not really
WV could learn from this this The mountain top removal can never be repaired nor replaced 😥✌
We visited Butte, MT last week on our way up too Glacier National Park from Colorado. Great town! Be sure to visit the mining museum, the mineral museum (both on the Montana Tech campus) and don't miss the viewing deck of the Berkley Pit. Oh and we ate at Sparky's garage. Best grilled cheese in Butte!!!
Been trying to find what they did with the soil that was toxic and removed? Where did they dump it?
GREAT question!!
I live in NW MT. I don't know either. However, I have a Super Fund site in my backyard. ARCO Aluminum. They have been hauling contaminated materials to the local landfill. They even drive through town to do it.
I live in the heart of the anaconda superfund and the strategy is to test the soil and water, scrape away the top layer of contaminated soil then replace it with clean soil. It's beautiful country but the fear of lead and arsenic poisoning lingers.
@@johnhotine5586 I already can't drink the water out of my tap. It won't even grow flowers. If it gets on them, they turn white, get stiff and dye
I believe a lot of it is dumped just outside of Anaconda, about a half hour away between Anaconda and the community of Opportunity.
@@rthessler I was talking about the super fund site in C Falls
Yeah, it gave me an uneasy feeling when I was there looking at it.
Butte will be fixed when you can drink the water and safely play in the dirt without finding slag glass
Why the f#@k would you plan a two week vacation in Butte? Two minutes is more than enough for most people.
If you get the chance: *Butte, America - A Film By Pamela Roberts*
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First Nations Women come up Missing every week near Butte, Montana...
I can't WAIT until they start finding all of the Young Pre-Teen, the Teens and the Adult Women that have constantly come up missing from the Indian Nations/Tribal Nations Reservations... and in and around Butte. Thousands of them.
I visited Butte after watching a RUclips video by SUVRVing and really liked it. There’s things there that just draw you in, I love the area. Enjoyed this video too, thanks!
Joe’s pasties and Johns Pork Chop sandwiches are two major draws for me.
Some of the most friendly people in the world and full of characters.
First Nations Women come up Missing every week near Butte, Montana...
Beautiful town
Mining like this is so detrimental. Glad to see there is light at the end of some tunnels.
great story
Moved here in July of '21. Butte moves at a different pace. It is a great place to raise a family and very much resurgent.
First day I moved to Butte I stood under the M and cried...looking over Butte felt like I was home. Walking round town that summer felt like Butte people don't have much but have pride in what they have. People still had decency in how we treat others unlike neighboring towns that have turned into CA.
Typical media.....leave out the parts you don't want to report on.
Very nice..
Very informative, my compliments.
That is one beautiful place, I could see having a home there, hopefully on the side of one of those hillsides so I can see the city. You can actually see how clean the air is ! I know, sounds dumb but I get a sense, even through the video, that the air is crystal clear.
I moved here 3 years ago from Sw Washington. I live in the historic uptown and I love this place. One of my favorite things to do is have my morning coffee out on my porch and breathe in the fresh crisp air, it smells heavenly!
I love the good people of Butte and their scrappy reputation, they are proud of. "Butte versus everybody" is a common tee shirt slogn...and I love it. But, they have hearts of gold and help their neighbors more than any other place I have ever lived.
Just hope that the rest of the world doesn't discover Butte like they have here in Greenville, South Carolina where I live. Seems everybody and their mother is moving here and bringing all their cars and pollution with them and of course local government can't seem to get a grip on controlling development. All they see is $$$$
and all we seem to see are an abundance of strip malls and potholes roads.
This story makes me question the accuracy of all of your reporting.
The problem is the omission of the Berkeley Pit as a lingering threat to the entire area's aquifer as it continues to fill with toxic waste. This story paints a rosy picture of a problem "solved." This is inaccurate and untrue. There are many achievements in fixing mining damage which have been reached in Butte. A solution to the Berkeley Pit is not one of those achievements.
Keep going Butte. I expect better CBS Sunday Morning. Poor journalism on this one.
I couldn't agree more. I graduated from Montana Tech and the entire time I was there, scientists from all over the world were studying that damn pit and they still are because it's still awful and a HUGE threat. I went back last fall to visit and I was so heartbroken to see that MORE MINING is still going on there. I wouldn't live there as a ghost because of that Superfund Site.
CBS Sunday Morning didn't mention it in their 1983 report on Butte either.
Have never been to Montana. Hear it’s lovely.
Montana is such a beautiful state, and the people are very nice. Yellowstone touches a corner of the state. It truly is breathtaking.
I live here! And I love it!
Good for you
The east side of Butte has collapsed Into the mine shafts, you can walk down streets where the sidewalks are left with marks of where buildings were.
I'm from Butte! Grew up on the corner of Cobban and Howard.
This is a result of profit driven economy and the shortsightedness of the ruling party. They never take into consideration the much bigger expense it woul left behind a wasteland.
Short term= earn money
Longterm= negative to ruined
Most of what environmental damage was done from the turn of the century until the 1970's. Very little was understood about the damage being done at this time.
They knew. They just didn’t care. They counted on the fact that they could distract us long enough for them to get rich and disappear before the cleanup became vital. It’s like the friends (in our case, Wall Street) who come to your party, bring loads of flashy favors and scrumptious treats, make sure everybody has such a great time they don’t notice the damage and the mess, then bail at the end, leaving the mess their favors and treats created for everyone else to clean up.
Blackstone is a great example of the business of corporate theft. Create an unstable market by allowing millions of people to buy houses with government-backed mortgages, then when the bubble bursts, buy up the remnants at less than half the price. Oh, and rather than SELL those houses, which only provides a one-time profit, they rent them back to an artificially inflated rental market for three times the original mortgage payment, guaranteeing a sustainable profit as they lobby civic leaders against issuing enough building permits to ease the purchase market demand.
Meanwhile, it’s the capitalists themselves who create regulatory restrictions so they have a built in excuse for their failure to meet market demand. Some regulation is absolutely necessary, but not the kind that protect corporate profit at the expense of families. We’ve got this backward. Milton Friedman’s declaration that business has no social responsibility was not only dead wrong, it was the single most destructive idea ever perpetrated on the American people. If business has no social responsibility, then corporations need not exist. They have an idea, get a bunch of people together capable of executing the idea, then exploit their knowledge, talent, and abilities to produce ridiculous amounts of “profit” which is just another word for “cut,” as in, “Their cut of the proceeds of labor, supply, and distribution.” How in any serious transaction is the “cut” to the people who produce 100% of the value only worth 15% when the job is done? Meanwhile, the guy with the idea that he or she couldn’t produce in 100 centuries gets more for having the idea… ideas are a dime a dozen. Craftsmanship, talent, knowledge and experience are the value of goods. Wall Street keeps popping in and throwing parties at our expense on the absurd premise that growth in the market is good for everybody. But they’re predictably nowhere to be found when the smoke clears.
Our biggest mistake is inviting them back over and over again.
@@williamhansen8609 they absolutely new. In early days they wiped out farms and ranches that were downwind from the smelters with the toxic output. They were also fully aware of the byproducts of mining, like arsenic, that were leaching into the soil and water systems. They didn’t care. They also considered their employees to be dispensable. The money all went to Seattle and NYC so who cares what’s happening in MT as long as the money flows. Incidentally, the Berkeley pit is still an active mining operation.
@@codacreator6162 I grew up there, have friends that still work there so I know they are still mining. At the turn of the century, environmental concerns are not what they are now. Did they know? To some extent yes. But, every mining operation on earth were doing similar things. We're men expendable? Absolutely. But these men needed jobs, and were willing to take the risks. Thousands of immigrants came to Butte just for an opportunity. So those of us that live today, have absolutely no idea what a tough life is.
Born & raised in Butte. Correction needed-they were charging to view the Berkley Pit from that same overlook when the pit was still being mined before it closed and filled with water.
I grew up in Anaconda. That big smelter stack is in my home town. Immune compromised condition is common with the population there. Most toxic water. The birds die when they land it.
Hey, Buttes finally getting her second wind...
What was the lady’s name that was
Talking about the town
"Evelyn Morgan" At 0:27 - 0:28 Rayelynn Brandl -- was introduced by the narrator near the very beginning.
You must have missed the first minute, or more.
Just to be certain, I typed "Butte, MT, 'CBS This Morning'" in the Google bar -- and her name -- and its unique spelling -- instantly popped up. The entire report in text and visual form. Plus, most interestingly, the link to the full, 1983 CBS This Morning Report re the closure. So of course I watched that.
. . . . . Good Luck.
I have a friend that passed thru Butte and stopped just to get gas. Let’s just say, he was told he’d better hurry up and get the gas and go! Enough said!!!!
Let's get the M&M back and all will be well in Butte
No close captions?
The regs need to be in place.
So there are thousands of towns across the world. Maybe millions. And good, or bad... or we won't go into that, Butte, MT is mentioned. I love you Butte, MT, and always will.
I have been in the tunnels at the bottom of the pit. It is a long way down. Impossible now
I’m from Butte. We are a tough, hard-hitting type of people. That mentality has followed us from the mining days. It can be a downside. But! That also helps us fight for the enviornment & Montana as a whole.
10,000 Californians just saw this puff piece and said, "what a cute downtown"
I'm a refugee from Colorado. DON'T invite people to your town. You'll rue the day...
@@TheBandit7613 Dude believe me, Montana is being FLOODED with Californians already. We hoped the winter would scare them away but alas.
To think if the tech boom had occurred 40 years earlier, that place would have still been mining full speed ahead, environmental concerns be damned.
My grandmother's uncle, Patsy Clark, was the first superintendent of Anaconda Copper after managing Marcus Daly's Alice mine. He went on to riches of his own in Idaho, British Columbia and other locations, building a fabulous mansion in Spokane. But I think the cost of pollution must rival the wealth extracted from Butte and the "Silver Valley" in Idaho..
I've toured that mansion in Spokane. Magnificent! And I still miss the restaurant which bore your ancestor's name.
@@markmh835 President Bush Senior had dinner there withTom Foley who was soon to become Speaker of the House.
Read the book “War of the Copper Kings”
It was always toxic. Children died of pneumonia but it was the fumes or toxicity of the air. Hard life losing your first children in the early 1900s for a job. 😔 So the cleanup begins 100 years late. Wishing you a better Butte ti ful future.
and the main toxicity NOW that kills kids is drugs, pharmaceuticals
@@MTknitter22 a toxic society surrounding them. 😔 The old folks were unaware of the dangers. We are aware.
Is this where the Clark copper fortune came from?
Fortune 🔮? 🤦♀️
yes
Mark Pemble Thanks, read a book about Hugette Clark awhile back.
@@christinearmington Spelled the same
Documented in the book “War of the Copper Kings” Clark vs. Daily and later Heinz.
That's a great piece! We love our heritage but FYI, we call ourselves "Buttants" & laugh 🤣😂🤣
It's lovely driving through there but did she ever have cancer from playing in the toxic soil?
I always called this place "boot", I just learned it's pronounced "byoot"... 😆🤣😂
What did they do with all of the dirt and things contaminated with copper?
Buried on someone else’s property for future generations to worry about.
They got good fried chicken at the Albertsons in Butte. I had a bad experience at the Capri motel though.
Everyone had a bad experience there.
Albertsons is long gone. I worked there 1976-1977
@@Mick82447 I got fried chicken there at a Greyhound stop over in 2010.
Oh God. this is so beyond the twilight zone. i wish Butte the best. but we people sure know how to pillage and plunder our beautiful earth.
Never the same ever again
I know how people of Butte feels the place I grew up is now a super fund site. North St Louis county. Many are familiar with it due to the doc Atomic Homefront.
Mining in Butte started in the 1860s
Meth...the future of butte
Not the future 🤣 they current situation. We even have gov representatives getting mad because they’re losing revenue to Mexico because they have better meth 🤣
The thing is there is some of the most pure copper veins in the world in the world and and about a million tons still left in the area. The only reason the mines closed in the 70s and 80s was that cheaper labor mines else where in the world made the copper price plummet.
Chile
Same is true of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Upper Michigan.
Instead of feeling down on their luck, they took matters into their own hands and changed their towns past errors into something positive and shine a light on the importance of caring for the environment. That’s pretty amazing.
🤣 no they didn’t. This video is such a lie. If they cared, they’d get us off the superfund list and get us away from being in the top 10 most toxic towns/cities in the US. We still have a boil order on water too. Real clean.
It’s a good thing that Arizona is so dry.
My mom a proud Finn was born in Butte…?Her home was in the middle of the last big dig that took half of Butte!!!!!
I was born in Butte, haven't been there since 1993, so sad.
Then go back!
You have to wonder about all the mining done for batteries, solar panels now globally.
I went through MEPS in Butte when I joined the Army.
Romanticizing a toxic waste dump. 😂
at least they cover the story. CBS won’t TOUCH Flint MI BECAUSE too many Democrats to protect
It's almost as bad as the Left romanticizing victimhood.
CBS Needs to talk about ecosia they are a search engine that plants trees.
Coal country is the opposite...slogan is "Black Lung" is better than NO LUNG
My grandfather died from Black Lung. He wouldn't allow my father or uncle to work in the mines. Back then you either went to work in the coal mines or joined the military.
@@lynnyhen Sorry about your GrandPa but news media is always saying they want the coal jobs to come back...our former potus
@@askbob2009 Thank you. Coal mining isn't ever coming back, TG.
@@lynnyhen well I’m glad your grandfather had the sense to talk his family out of being a coal miner, it’s an awful job even taking into account it’s relatively decent pay, states like West Virginia need to invest more into their public education systems so the children growing up there have a chance to get a college education or go into a trade school program so they aren’t stuck in a cycle of poverty where the only options are working in the coal mines or working in dead end jobs with minimal education like fast food or retail
I’m a proud MT country boy!!!
YOU SHOULD BE BIG SKY COUNTRY is very very special
If it wasn't for these mines, there would be no farming, no factories, no roads, no electricity. We would be living like cavemen. Mining is the basis of civilization. We are in trouble if we ever forget that.
Look up the story of Frank Little….. Go ahead…
Union, who?
Leave Butte, America alone. Not enough room for greedy corporate journalists to visit.
Le dí click porque hay un sol inti en el vídeo.
Sad that small towns have to pay for the sins of the past when it comes to mining clean up. Butte Montana has a major super fund clean up, the Silver Valley mining district in Idaho also has a super fund clean up area the Wallace and Kellogg Idaho area.
It’s really the tax payers that pay the dollar price. Resident have to endure the living in the place and the corporation reap the harvest while lobbying the politicians.
They "fixed the city." Yup. 🤣😂🤣
How many migratory birds are killed when they land in the ponds that dot the landscape everywhere in MT? Millions and millions. Same way in Arizona. Mining companies move out and leave the disaster to the people who live there.
Watch out for Honeylynn and the boys: "Want to see me feed a mouse to my snake?"
If the mining would never have taken place Butte would not have existed.
Did the corporations who made billions help or did they just vanish, they are still millionaires or billionaires?
They’re the ones footing the bill for remediation. The company that currently owns it is not the one the ruined the place however, they sold it right before it closed.
Unlimited funds help to.
One of the most, ugliest towns I had the pleasure to grow up in. So glad I left in 1997.
Butte has a long ling way to go . Is the water safe to drink? Will that gaping hole ot pit ever be covered, leveled? Is the air safe to breathe?
5:50 - 556 The white "M" on distant hillside stands for__________?
. . . . Reading through the 170+ Comments there's certainly strong, distinct differences of opinion -- whether Butte is as nice as 'Mayberry' or the 'meth' capital of the northwest U.S.
Whatever, I enjoyed this look at Butte. Thank you, "CBS Sunday Morning."
The M stands for Montana. There are numerous mountains decorated with this or similar. All either standing for the towns name or an M for Montana. Some even have both.
Them days are gone quit holding onto something we are not in control of
With continued electric cars being manufactured, the need for copper and its price will drive the industry. Perhaps Butte will be back in the spotlight.
Where in the he'll do you put all that toxic poison without poisoning some place else. Anaconda was polluted too and other towns throughout montana . The mining pit in butte is miles and miles deep. Tailing pits in basin montana, right on the boulder river and next to the swimming hole kids played in all the time.. It was not just copper mining that polluted montana, gold mining iron ore mining poured toxic chemicals in streams and rivers. Definitely a cautionary tale.
Is that why the area once had a baseball team called the Copper Kings?
Butte a full redemption
Dave McNally
McNally was from Billings, MT.
I gladly payed my 2$ to see the pit.
Why? You can see it from EVERYWHERE 🤣 just go up the divide and look down. Half the town is a pit. 😳🤢🤢