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Homestake Mining Company

 Organization

Found in 20 Collections and/or Records:

Hat Creek Oil Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5015
Abstract

The Hat Creek Oil Company Records consists primarily of correspondence sent to and from the company’s owners, B.C. Yates, L.M. McBride, and Ralph Bonney. The collection also includes mineral and mining lease paperwork, agreements, payroll information, and newspaper clippings. The materials are dated between 1913 and 1918 with the bulk of documents dating from the time period that the company was active, between May 1917 and June 1918.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1917-1918; 1913-1918

Homestake Annual Reports

 Collection
Identifier: 5003
Abstract

The Homestake Mining Company operated from 1877-2001. The annual reports were created by the accounting department in order to provide an overview of the financial earnings each year for the company's shareholders. In the earlier years, the reports include basic financial information and statements from the management. As the mine grew into a larger and more financially viable operation, the reports grew more detailed to reflect that change.

Dates: 1897-2002

Homestake Assays and Ore Reserve Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5030
Abstract

The Homestake Assay and Ore Reserve Records consist of assay records, ore estimates, and reports. Materials from 1895 through 2000 are present in the collection with the bulk of the material dating from 1940 through 1998. The collection also contains graphs that were at one time, framed and matted by the Homestake Mining Company.

Dates: 1895 - 2000; Majority of material found within 1940 - 1998

Homestake Buildings and Community Facilities

 Collection
Identifier: 5016
Abstract

The Buildings and Community Facilities Collection is an artificial collection that includes records and maps related to Homestake Mining Company's construction of employee housing and community facilities such as parks, schools, and hotels in the Black Hills. The collection also contains records of construction work for operations outside of South Dakota. The bulk of records are from the 1930s.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1933-1935; 1924-1996

Homestake Geology Department Papers

 Collection
Identifier: 5035
Abstract

The Homestake Geology Department Papers consist of documents, rock samples, and thin sections from 1903 to 2005. Materials include geologic, stope, diamond drilling maps and drawings; reports, correspondence, ledgers, and indexes that represent the functions and activities of the Geology Department.

Dates: 1903 - 2005

Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5043
Abstract

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.

Dates: 1877 - 2007

Homestake Public Affairs and Publications collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5007
Abstract

This collection contains documents and media created or collected by the Homestake Mining Company’s Public Affairs Department (a division of Employee Relations) and other promotional, outreach, and publication materials created and collected by Homestake between 1879 and 2001. The bulk of the records date from 1939 to 2001. The collection includes scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, publications, advertisements, and newsletters.

Dates: 1879-2001

Homestake Purchase Order Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5023
Abstract

Homestake Purchase Orders consists of orders from 1915 through 1999 and includes forms from several departments in Lead, the Wyodak Coal Company, the Deep Level Project, and uranium explorations in Wyoming. The records are largely duplicate or triplicate forms, but there is some correspondence.

Dates: 1915 - 1999

Homestake Survey Records

 Collection
Identifier: 5019
Abstract

The Homestake Survey Records are an artificial collection consisting primarily of survey and field books dating from 1877 to 1986. The collection also includes data and worksheets, survey cards, correspondence, and several aerial photographs.

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1881-1993; 1877-2001

Homestake Thesis Collection

 Collection
Identifier: 5028
Abstract

The Homestake Mining Company Thesis collection includes copies of several dozen theses either collected by or sent to various departments of the company. The dissertations date from 1920 through 1997.

Dates: 1920 - 1997

Additional filters:

Subject
Lead (S.D.) 6
Maps 3
Assaying 2
Belle Fourche River (Wyo. and S.D.) 2
Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.) 2
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Central City (S.D.) 2
Colorado 2
Core drilling 2
Correspondence 2
Drill core analysis 2
Drill cores 2
Drilling and boring 2
Geology 2
Gold mines and mining 2
Hydroelectric Plant No. 1 2
Hydroelectric power plants 2
Kirk Power Plant (S.D.) 2
Maitland (S.D.) 2
Mine surveying 2
Mines and mineral resources 2
Nemo (S.D.) 2
Prospecting 2
Rock-drills -- Diamond drilling 2
Spearfish (S.D.) 2
Spearfish Canyon (S.D.) 2
Thin sections (Geology) 2
Whitewood Creek (S.D.) 2
Wyoming 2
Accounting 1
Aladdin (Wyo.) 1
Australia 1
Bear Butte (S.D. : Mountain) 1
Bear Butte Creek (S.D.) 1
Beetles 1
Belle Fourche (S.D.) 1
Black Hills National Forest (S.D. and Wyo.) 1
California 1
Canada 1
Cheyenne (Wyo.) 1
Cheyenne River (Wyo. and S.D.) 1
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
Corporation reports 1
Crook County (Wyo.) 1
Cyanide Plant No. 3 1
Dairy farming 1
Dakota Territory 1
Deadwood (S.D.) 1
Deadwood Creek 1
Deadwood Ditch 1
Deadwood Gulch 1
Electricity 1
Ellsworth Air Force Base (S.D.) 1
Englewood (S.D.) 1
Englewood Hydro-Electric Plant (S.D.) 1
Fires 1
Flagrock Formation 1
Forest fires 1
Forests and forestry 1
Geochemistry 1
Gillette (Wyo.) 1
Gold 1
Grizzly Gulch (S.D.) 1
Hauber Mine (Wyo.) 1
Hidden Fortune Mine (S.D.) 1
Hidden Treasure Group Mine (S.D.) 1
Homestake Formation 1
Homestake Slime Plant (Deadwood, S.D.) 1
Hughes County (S.D.) 1
Hydroelectric Plant No. 2 1
Insects 1
Iron Hill Mine (S.D.) 1
Kicking Horse Mine (S.D.) 1
Labor unions 1
Lawsuits 1
Mexico 1
Mine railroad cars 1
Mine safety 1
Missouri River 1
Nahant (S.D.) 1
Nevada 1
Oregon 1
Oro Hondo Mine (S.D.) 1
Park County (Mont.) 1
Periodicals 1
Petrology 1
Photography 1
Portland Mine (S.D.) 1
Power-plants 1
Rapid Creek (S.D.) 1
Rochford (S.D.) 1
Roubaix (S.D.) 1
San Francisco (Calif.) 1
South Dakota 1
Spanish R Mine (S.D.) 1
Standby Mine (S.D.) 1
Stock certificates 1
Stocks 1
Strikes and lockouts 1
Surveys 1
Timber 1
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