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McMaster, Samuel, -1884

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Steven T. Mitchell Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5024
Abstract The Steven Mitchell Collection consists of materials collected by Mitchell as he worked on the water rights section of his book, Nuggets to Neutrinos: The Homestake Story. The collection contains original documents from the Golden Reward Mining Company, Anchor Mountain Mining Company, Jardine Mining Company, and many photocopies of photographs and documents from Homestake Mining Company. Copies of articles from newspapers as well as scholarly articles and...
Dates: 1877 - 2022

Homestake Vested Water Rights

 Collection
Identifier: 5000
Abstract The Homestake Mining Company was founded in 1876 and operated for 126 years, ultimately growing into the oldest, largest, and deepest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere. A critical contributor to this large-scale success lies in the company’s early acquisition of water rights in the Black Hills. The water rights collection housed at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center details the mine’s systematic attainment of these water rights, as well as the legal struggles that occurred in...
Dates: 1876 - 1998

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