Tom and Melissa Campbell Collection
Scope and Contents
This collection includes materials compiled by Tom and Melissa Campbell for scientific and educational purposes. The collection has both published and internal reports for Homestake Mining Company, drill logs, several dozen thin sections, survey worksheets, several maps, and geological specimens and core samples, including some identified as being from Noble. Also found in this collection is a cd, which holds three years' worth of work by both Campbells on the Homestake Core Archive and Homestake Date Archive.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1975 - 2000
- 1924 - 2005
Creator
- Homestake Mining Company (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is housed at the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center with no restrictions to access. The collection may be utilized during normal operating hours or by appointment. Access to geological specimens stored separately requires 24-hour advance notice.
Biographical / Historical
Tom and Melissa Campbell worked part-time for three years on the creation of the Homestake Data Archives and the Homestake Core Archives after the 2000 closure of the Homestake Mining Operations in Lead, South Dakota. The data was to be used by the Sanford Underground Lab.
The initial work on the Data Archives consisted of gathering all Homestake exploration data, which had been kept at several different properties in both Central City and Lead. The Campbells than organized the data geographically according to mining district. After the geographical organization, inventories were made in Microsoft Excel.
The Core Archives began with the analysis of maps and cross-sections from Homestake exploration drilling projects, which led to the decision of what cores to retain and which to throw away. Retained cores were transported to core sheds. The core sheds were then mapped by Melissa Campbell to make locating a specific core relatively easy. Melissa Campbell carried out this work as part of an independent study that was not funded by the State of South Dakota or Homestake.
The Campbells were unable to complete either project due to the termination of funding in 2004.
Extent
21.5 Linear Feet (17 boxes and 5 bins)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Tom and Melissa Campbell Collection consists of published and technical reports, survey worksheets, drill logs, thin sections, maps, and electronic records. The materials were gathered while the Campbells worked on the creation of the Homestake Data Archive and the Homestake Core Archive.
Arrangement
Documents originally housed in binders have been rehoused for preservation purposes but retain their original labels. Please see box list for more information.
Geological samples that are identified as Noble specimens retain their original labels and have been boxed together. Unidentified core and geological samples have been kept in the boxes and bins they were donated in and are housed separately from the Noble specimens.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
These materials were transferred as one donation, accession number ARC.2004.322, from Tom and Melissa Campbell, in 2004.
Separated Materials
Materials in a format too large to fit in boxes 1-5 have been permanently separated to Box 6 and are described by separation notes.
Geological samples that are not identified have been maintained in the boxes or 5-gallon bins they were donated in and are stored in a separate room from the rest of the collection.
Processing Information
This collection was processed January 2020-March 2020 by Hannah Marshall Bawden. Additional processing was completed in November 2020 with the assistance of Jim Peterson. Thin sections and geolological samples were described in more detail in 2023 by Tia Stenson-Cunningham.
- Assaying
- Bidgood, Thomas W.
- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)
- Core drilling
- Drill core analysis
- Drill cores
- Drilling and boring
- Duke, Edward F.
- Fantone, Kenneth Scott
- Flagrock Formation
- Geochemistry
- Geological Survey (U.S.)
- Geology
- Gold mines and mining
- Hallager, William Sherman
- Hansen, Gale
- Homestake Mining Company
- Lead (S.D.)
- Mahrlholz, Wolfgang
- Maps
- Mine railroad cars
- Mine surveying
- Mines and mineral resources
- Norby, John W.
- Nutsch, Robert
- Park County (Mont.)
- Petrology
- Prospecting
- Reid, Rolland R.
- Rock-drills -- Diamond drilling
- Rogers, John Hiram
- Surveys
- Thin sections (Geology)
- Tinton Mining District (S.D. and Wyo.)
Creator
- Homestake Mining Company (Organization)
- Title
- Tom and Melissa Campbell Collection, 1924-2005
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Hannah Marshall Bawden and updated in 2023 by Tia Stenson-Cunningham.
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 11/17/2020: The discovery of several LF of geological specimens and cores samples required additional processing and an update to the finding aid.
- 3/8/2023: The finding aid was updated when converted from Archives Toolkit to Archive Space. The Thin Sections and Geologic Samples were described further for findability for a potential research project dealing with thin sections with Dakota Gold Corp. Changes made by Tia Stenson-Cunningham.
Repository Details
Part of the Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center Repository
PO Box 252
150 Sherman St
Deadwood South Dakota 57732
605-722-4800