You are looking at the Berkeley Pit in Butte, Montana

The pit contains over 25 Billion gallons of water

The following are the sites I've found on the Web relating to this environmental nigthmare

*� Berkeley Pit Education Committee:� Vary informative site with some of the history of the Pit,
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*� Western Roundup (High Country News) - Dec. 11, 1995.� A short article concerning the tragic
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The following are more technical articles relating to the cleanup of the Pit

*� LBL Currents - Aug. 26, 1994.� Environmentally Friendly Technique Recovers Metals from
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