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jalan48

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1. My grandfather worked in the Anaconda mines in Butte in the early 1900's. I heard
Mon Feb 20, 2023, 05:18 PM
Feb 2023

stories about the greed of the owners and the destruction of the natural landscape. "Cut and run" was the term used to describe Anaconda Copper-extract the resource and then run, leaving the citizens to clean up the mess. I grew up pissed off at Anaconda and I'm still angry at the way they treated the miners and the landscape.

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