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Butte America (They discovered copper right before electricity, Butte was…
Butte America
They discovered copper right before electricity
Butte was a rough mining town
Over 45,000 people
A lot of land was owned by the company
The richest hill on earth
Many companies turned to railroads
Smoke killed wildlife
Whatever died from smoke was andaconda's property
People came from all over the world
Largest local union in the world
It take 3-4 days to walk through the mines
People joined different unions
After the strike everything changed
People were getting getting arested
15 million people lost there jobs
Free and independent labor union
The water was pumped out of the mine
They covered a church and left it.
Buildings burned down
They lost 4-5 million dollars