Townsite Agreements / Plats / Maps

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The Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection contains a wide variety of maps, drawings, blueprints, and other documents relating to the company's operation. Blueprints consist of machines the Homestake Mining Company used and the buildings that they built. This collection also contains various geological, metallurgical, and engineering maps of the mine.

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Drawn by: RHR

Scale: 1" = 20'

Drawing features to outlines areas labeled "Building // Concrete Block Foundation" and "Permited to Mrs. Hattie Nevin." Other notated areas are "H.M.Co." [Homestake Mining Company], "South boundary of Silver Dollar Motel Area", and "U.S. Highway 14-A"

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Drawn by: CNH

Scale: 1" = 20'

Drawing features the plat ouline of Lot at 409 and 411 South Main Street, in Lead, South Dakota. inside the plot is an outline for three buildings, only two are labeled as "411" and "409 // Apartments - Second Floor // Garage - Main Floor". Additional features include Burlington Northern Right of Way, M.S. 1242 Wyoming, and M.S. 1242 Montana.

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Drawn by: CNH

Scale: 1" = 20'

Drawing show the plat of lot at 404 South Main Street, in Lead, South Dakota. The drawing also features the Burlington Northern Right of Way, M.S. 1242 Wyoming, and M.S. 1242 Montana.

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Drawn by: RHR

Scale: 1" = 20'

The drawing show an area by Third Street (Saw Pit Gulch) in Central City, South Dakota. Other Features include "Lot 23 Permitted to Central City Methodist Church", an outline of a building on lot 22 labeled "Central City Methodist Church", a building labeled "3" and "Permited to Elmer Sorenson", a building labeled "227", a building labeled "227-1/2", and an area labeled "Ray Hill Property".

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Drawn by: RHR

Scale: 1" = 50'

Drawing features a platted area with four large buildings. The drawings also features U.S. Highway 85, M.S. 754 St. James, M.S. 1295 Hunter, and M.S. 107 Placer.

Scope and Contents Drawn by: RHRScale: 1" = 100'Drawing features a plot that has "U.S. Highway 85-A now U.S. 385" running through it and a building labeled store. Other drawing features include M.S. 1302 West Lode which is noted with "entire claim leased as Ranch 013" and M.S. 1302 East Lode which is noted with "That portion of claim lying east of U.S Highway 85-A leased as Ranch 013". Drawn in blue is Elk Creek. There is also a note stating "Store building, fence lines, power and...

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Drawn by: RHR

Scale: 1" = 20"

Drawing of a plat that features "Lot 6 block 3", "Lot 2 block 4", and "Lot 3 block 4" near Cross Street in Lead, South Dakota.

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Drawn by: RHR

Scale: 1" = 20'

The drawing features a plat with "Tract "B"" and "Tract "A" labeled inside of it. Also in the plat are buildings that are labeled "122", "124", and "522". These building are along Grand Avenue and McQuillan Street in Lead, South Dakota. Also featured on this drawing is M.S. 1100 Springs, M.S. 969 Old Times, and M.S. 1305 Amadore.