Hydroelectric Plant No. 1
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Hydroelectric and Kirk Power Plant Operation Records
Collection
Identifier: 5033
Abstract
The Hydroelectric and Kirk Power Plant Operation Records consists of daily operation logs from the Homestake Mining Company's power plants. The bulk of the records date between 1918 and 1965.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1918 - 1965; 1918 - 1998
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