Article ID: CBB367314071

Boom, Bust, and the Berkeley Pit: How Insiders and Outsiders Viewed the Mining Landscape of Butte, Montana (2011)

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Leech, Brian James (Author)


IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology
Volume: 37
Issue: 1/2
Pages: 153-170


Publication Date: 2011
Edition Details: Theme Issue: IA in Montana
Language: English

Recent research on mining landscapes has focused on insiders (locals) and outsiders to these places, suggesting that residents generally hold a more positive view of mining communities than non-residents. The case of Butte, Montana suggests that scholars are right to emphasize this disconnect, but that the trends of optimism on the part of locals and pessimism on the part of outsiders are neither consistent across time nor uniform for each group. When the Berkeley Pit became the defining feature of Butte's landscape, it came to define outsiders' opinions about the city of Butte in general, pulling the two groups apart. Meanwhile, generational differences increased among insiders over the issues of heritage preservation and environmental remediation. One conclusion to draw from this situation is that those who seek to save industrial landscapes should take into account the constantly changing, often divided understandings of the built and natural environment on the part of these two groups.

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Article Jon Axline (2011) "A Wonderful Piece of Engineering": The Point of Rocks Segment of the Mullan Road and the Milwaukee Road Railroad in Mineral Country, Montana. IA. The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology (pp. 29-42). unapi

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Authors & Contributors
Roberta Wingerson
Paul J. White
Gabriele Cruciani
Leech, Brian James
Mitzi Rossillon
Malin, Stephanie A.
Concepts
Industrial archaeology
Mines and mining
Environment
Environmental pollution
Cities and towns
Industrial heritage
Time Periods
20th century
19th century
21st century
20th century, late
Places
United States
Butte, Montana
New Hampshire (U.S.)
Michigan (U.S.)
Jenkins, Kentucky
Pittsburgh (Pennsylvania)
Institutions
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Consolidation Coal Company
Western Museum of Mining and Industry
Quincy Mining Company
U.S. Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
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