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'Richest Hill': Dig Into The Past, Present And Future Of Butte America

By MTPR • Feb 27, 2019
  • 'Richest Hill' is a single-season podcast all about the past, present and future of Butte, Montana. Subscribe now, episode one comes out March 5.
    'Richest Hill' is a single-season podcast all about the past, present and future of Butte, Montana. Subscribe now, episode one comes out March 5.
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Butte, America is a big damn deal — and it's on the verge of some big changes. That's why we're making a podcast all about the Mining City's past, present and future. Episode one comes out March 5.

Listen and subscribe at https://buttepodcast.org/ or wherever you get your podcasts. And follow Richest Hill on Facebook for more updates.

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Butte Montana is famous. It was at one time the biggest city between Chicago and San Francisco. It’s in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, and sits at the headwaters of the mighty Columbia River, which flows all the way to the Pacific Ocean.

Butte boomed and thrived for almost a century because of one thing: copper.

Butte’s massive copper deposit was key to America’s success. The “Richest Hill on Earth” literally electrified the nation, and made the brass in bullets that won World Wars I and II. But in the 1980s, the last of the big mines shut down. Now, most of the riches are gone, and Butte is struggling.