The history of Butte, Montana is forged in the not-so-environmentally-friendly practices of the Copper Kings of the early 20th Century. Now the city leaders and residents are pushing to clean up the sins of the past and also educate those who wish to get into the field of Mine Reclamation at Montana Technical Institute. We go on top and hundreds of feet below the city to get all the angles.

Originally released by Film Ideas, 2014. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on March 15, 2019.

Butte, Montana (3:23); --Butte Archives and MERDI (3:40); -- World Museum of Mines (5:09); -- Environmental Cleanup (4:20); -- EPA and Reclamation (2:35); -- Credits: Green Economy, The: Sustainable Mining (0:46);.