Looking South: Evidence of Many Years of Copper Mining.
….To Take This Photo, I Climbed Up To The Top Of A Mine Dump Hill On The North Side Of The Highway.

….“ Later we pass the great stack of the Anaconda smelter, …. “ (Cont.next)

Approach to Anaconda, MT. Most of the green grass covered hills are “copper mining waste dumps” that have recently been “reclaimed”, which means leveled a bit, and helping grass to grow. Eventually, this may be grassland for cattle.
…. I stopped to take this photo of “ the great stack of the Anaconda smelter “, and upon leaving my car, I saw in the ditch along the road.=> Copper green colored rocks. The green may have been a copper deposit from water run-off from the dump piles or actual pieces of copper ore.

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(Photo = 109-0971c ...... ZMM Page = 236 ...... WayPt = 241x 5486ft)