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February 24, 2012

You can live like a copper king, at least for one night, in Butte

  • Copper King Mansion was built from 1884 to 1888 on what was said to be “the richest hill on Earth.”
    • By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
    Associated Press

    AP Photo/Nicholas K. Geranios [enlarge]
    The 34-room mansion was built by W.A. Clark for $250,000 more than a century ago. The bed-and-breakfast offers visitors a glimpse into the pampered lives of the robber barons who ruled American business at the turn of the previous century.

    BUTTE, Mont. — A scandal over the fortune of reclusive mining heiress Huguette Clark has renewed interest in the life of her father, copper magnate William A. Clark, once one of the nation's richest men.


     
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