Gardner persuaded Dennis Washington to buy the Butte mine in 1985 and then served as president of Montana Resources.

But as the industry atrophied, so too did the economic fortunes of places like Butte and Anaconda that ... affairs for Montana Resources, the company still mining in Butte, remarks in the film ...

The town of Anaconda ... Daly (one of Montana's "Copper Kings"), Anaconda was the site of the area's leading copper smelter. This smelter processed copper ore from the rich mines in nearby ...

The Montana Army National Guard brandished ... “The metal exterior and other features pay homage to Butte and Anaconda’s rich mining history,” Maj. Eric Nelson told about 200 people who ...