Richest Hill Episode 02: For The Benefit Of Mankind

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Richest Hill: a podcast about the past, present and future of one of America's largest Superfund sites in Butte, MT

At first glance, Butte, Montana's mutilated industrial landscape is often written-off as an ecological sacrifice-zone. Dirty, ugly as sin and regrettable, but necessary to supply the country with perhaps the most basic necessity of the Electrical Age: Copper. But if you take the time to really look carefully, what you find here will challenge, surprise and even change you.

Take a closer look at the copper that put the Richest Hill on the map; the city's storied past; and the nostalgia and sense of purpose that pervade the Mining City, right now on Richest Hill episode two.

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Nora Saks is a reporter and producer based in Butte, MT.