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History of Homestake Gold Mine
The History of Homestake is a wealth of knowledge of the "Greatest Gold Mine in the World." This sixty page book takes you on a journey of the Gold Mine from the first Gold Rush of the Black Hills to the conception of the Homestake Gold Mine to the reclamation. This book has wonderful photos of the mine, the equipment and the people who worked there. It discusses the practices and technology the mine used and modernized over the years. This book is a great quick read about the history, equipment and processes of the mine, get yours today, sold only at the Homestake Visitor Center!

3.95

Nuggets to Neutrinos:
The Homestake Story
Steven T. Mitchell
The discovery of gold in the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1874 by members of the Custer Expedition sparked a gold rush that helped precipitate the Great Sioux War of 1876-77. The war culminated with the Battle of the Little Big Horn and the expropriation of the Black Hills from the Great Sioux Reservation. The famous Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota was located in April 1876 during the infancy of the gold rush. George Hearst and other California capitalists purchased the mine in 1877. Throughout its life, the mine produced 40 million ounces of gold before being closed in 2001. Today the 8,000-foot-deep underground mine is being transformed into a science and engineering laboratory where scientists will conduct research on dark matter, astrophysics, double beta decay and solar neutrinos. Hence, the title of the book, Nuggets to Neutrinos: The Homestake Story.

Treasure of Homestake Gold
by Mildred Fielder
Mildred Fielder traces the fascinating discovery and development of the Homestake Gold Mine. She relates the business and engineering achievement behind this great Black Hills enterprise. This book tells of the human contributions that helped make Homestake one of the world's most famous mining properties.

$24.95

The Black Hills Illustrated
by George P. Baldwin
First published in 1904, this reprint is a duplicate of the original publication. This historical book contains hundreds of photographs and illustrations of people and places throughout the Black Hills, including many members of the Black Hills Men's Mining association, original publishers of the book, communities throughout the Black Hills and surrounding areas and much, much more. Historical data compiled by George Baldwin accompanies the photographs and illustrations.

$21.95

Gold Gals Guns Guts
by Stan Lindstrom Wynn Lindstorm and Bob Lee
Through photographs, newspaper accounts and a lively text, Gold Gals Guns Guts traces the history of the Black Hills communities of Deadwood, Lead and Spearfish from the time of the Custer Expedition in 1874 to the United States Bicentennial in 1976. Bob Lee brings the book up to date with a new introduction detailing the changes in the area since the book was first published, including the return of gambling to Deadwood.

$24.95

Gold in the Black Hills
by Watson Parker
In thi classic account of the Black Hills gold rush of 1874-1879, Watson Parker weaves a delightful and authoritative guide out of the chaotic and complex history of early settlement. Gold in the Black Hills is an essential resource for anyone who wants a unified picture of a thrilling episode in American history.

$17.95

Black Hills Ghost Towns
by Watson Parker
The Black Hills have been famous ever since the gold rush days of the 1870's when General George A. Custer's expedition in the summer of 1874 found and advertised placer gold in the Black Hills valleys and a rush to the hills began. Indian claimants to the area were placated, defeated or ignored and by 1875 a gold rush that continues to present day was under way. The Homestake Mining Company in the Black Hills was one of the largest operating gold mines in the world. Thousands of unknown miners, merchants, gamblers and soiled doves have come and gone during the century past. Hundreds of towns have boomed and busted most of them before the beginning of the twentieth century. This book takes a look at the remains of those ghosts; the camps, the stage stops, the communities, the people who made the Black Hills famous. The authors detail 600 towns and enrich the text with a lavish layout of historical and contemporary photos.

$24.95