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Silicosis, a life threatening lung disease that can severely harm your ability to breathe. Starting in 1955, the Berkeley Pit became well known as a large truck-operated, open-air copper mine in Butte Montana. The unusually high copper prices resulted in the Anaconda Copper Mining Company opening many pit mines, including the Berkeley Pit. Buying up two communities and a lot of Butte’s previous population, the company was able to clear out a pit site. But after the discovery of very acidic sources and harsh effects, the Berkeley pit ceased mining in 1982; even today, the mine is still a hazard and causes problems for the surrounding community and environment. (“Berkeley Pit”, 2016) As a local mine, the Berkeley Pit has not only a large impact…

Those that have lived in Butte County or even visited on occasion are bound to be familiar with a beautiful plateau known as Table Mountain. During particular times of the year visitors to this vast mountain can view many breath-taking sights. These sights are what bring people back year after year to enjoy many outdoor adventures. If you live in Butte County, it is a short drive to this ecologically diverse setting. Table Mountain is made up of a north and south mountain. They are basaltic…

The Walker Butte Apollo program is ineffective, it creates classroom overloading, groups students by age not ability, and causes hostility among the staff. I work at Walker Butte as a paraprofessional and am slowly watching my once friendly workplace turn into a toxic, self-centered environment. We were fortunate to have a journalist come to the school and do a piece on our autism program. This was to bring awareness to the community and hopefully attract donors to keep the program afloat.…

Bear Butte Bear Butte is a very sacred site to many different Indigenous people’s cultures. Each of these cultures has their own origin story for the Butte. Bear Butte was the most sacred to the Cheyenne and to the Lakota peoples. The Cheyenne called it Noaha vose and Nahkohe vose meaning the giving hill and bear hill. The buttes origin story for the Cheyenne comes from the legend of Sweet Medicine. (Kinsella “Bear Butte: Crossroads of History”). Sweet Medicine travelled to the sacred butte,…

I moved to Yuba City, California approximately twelve years ago and have lived there ever since. I chose to analyze the climate trends of Yuba City because, even though I may move away soon after graduating college, it is where my parents will continue to live and I would like to have an idea of future climate changes in their city. Yuba City is a fairly small town in Sutter County with a population of 65,416 people (United States Census, 2013). It is located on the Feather River 45 miles north…

Butte Mining Shattering a Powerful Addiction It is no secret mining gave rise to Butte, Montana by instilling a future which today can neither be overturned nor overlooked. Butte today is a grand representation of the history that lies beneath its earth, a true trophy to those who fought to keep the city alive. With insurmountable loss and sacrifices as a result of mining, those familiar with Butte cannot help but wonder what great potential this city missed out on. Butte mining has caused…

81224, five numbers without much significance to many people; however, to me, those numbers can bring a calmness on my soul. Those numbers are one of the many ways to represent Crested Butte, Colorado. The emptiness of the town is short lived when you start walking around. The constant cool temperatures make walks enjoyable and outdoor activities a must. During the winter, temperature is constantly in the negatives. Despite the bitter cold, the slopes are never empty. Though there are bigger…

then a silence so muted that all you know is the feeling of your heart beating. Then, as you stand there motionless, you feel the adrenaline. I mean really feel it—a syrup coursing through your veins, yet not a syrup as it moves faster than blood. You know when it hits your heart because it starts beating faster, faster, faster, and then the feeling is gone. Then everything is gone—emotions, breath, sensation… Then there is silence. Silence... Bang! This is what it feels…

Attorney Chris Hatley won’t argue with you in say that Jeanette Riddle had killed her husband Michael C. Butte. But he will also argue that she was also a victim of long time abuse from her husband. And Butte was also no stranger to being arrested for domestic violence with his wife Jeanette but she was afraid to leave him for she thought he would look for her and she never see the end to the abuse. So one day on February 2, 2017 police had made entry to Jeanette Riddles home after receiving…

The place that Wyatt and Clementine were positioned showing both the buttes and the fence, which delivers a very important message by ford. The mixture of the buttes, which signifies wilderness and the man made fence, which signifies civilization. Explains the idea of conjoining two modes of life. In other words that wilderness can be tames by civilization. It's also noted that clementine is standing very close to the fence and earp is away from it. Explains that she represents civilization…