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伯克利大坑位于美国蒙大拿州西南部比尤特镇的东北角,占地面积600英亩。作为美国最大的露天铜矿,当喧闹嘈杂的矿山机械在轰鸣了27年之后于1982年沉寂下来时,伯克利大坑却成为美丽的牧牛谷地上一个丑陋的伤疤。矿坑周围的盘旋车道上裸露着黄色、灰色、红色的矿石和粉末,没有丝毫的绿色。美国历史学家约瑟夫·金赛·霍华德曾形象地把此地比喻为“蒙大拿州黑色的心脏”。随着时间的推移,伯克利大坑渐渐地露出狰狞的面孔,它开始向世人亮出了“早已到期的索赔账单”。在铜矿关闭时,由于停止抽排坑中的渗水,加上环境保护措施没有跟上,致使地下渗水不断上涨。含
The Berkeley Tai Hang is located on the northeast corner of Butte, southwestern Montana, and covers an area of 600 acres. As the largest open-pit copper mine in the United States, Berkley’s pit became an ugly scar on the beautiful Cowra Valley when the noisy mining machinery came to a halt in 1982 after a roaring 27 years. There are yellow, gray and red ores and powder on the driveway around the pit, without the slightest green color. American historian Joseph Kinsey Howard vividly compared the place to “the heart of Montana black.” As time passed, Berkeley Tai Hang gradually revealed grudges face, it began to show the world “has expired claims bill.” At the closure of the copper mine, due to the stop pumping seepage in the drainage pit, coupled with environmental protection measures did not keep up, resulting in rising groundwater seepage. Contains