Homestake Mining Company

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Survey Records

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Thesis Collection

Homestake Timber Contracts Paperwork

Collection

Identifier: 5002

Abstract The Homestake Timber Contracts Paperwork collection includes documents regarding the sale of timber from National Forest Service land to the Homestake Mining Company from the late 1890s through the 1960s. The material also includes reasearch and correspondence from as late as the 1990s. The documents list the amount of timber sold and from which locations. The collection has a particular historical significance in the documents relating to 'Case 1.' Case 1 is the first time timber was sold...

Dates: 1899 - 1999

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Timber Contracts Paperwork

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Hydroelectric and Kirk Power Plant Operation Records

J. Henry Schnitzel Collection

Collection

Identifier: 5026

Abstract

The J. Henry Schnitzel Collection consists of materials including contracts and maps regarding the Golden Reward Mining Company and Schnitzel's work in Kirwin, Wyoming, including the Galena Ridge Mining Company and the settlement of his estate after his death in 1930.

Dates: 1903 - 1968

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / J. Henry Schnitzel Collection

Jobs in Progress Records

Collection

Identifier: 5031

Abstract The Jobs in Progress Records consists of records from the Homestake Engineering Office dating from the early 1970s through the mid 1990s with the majority of materials dated between 1976 and 1988. These boxes were kept in the office until the closure of Homestake Mining Company in 2001. The drawings, product specifications, correspondence, photographs and purchase orders pertain to several different construction projects around the Black Hills as well as the Creede Mine and Mill operations...

Dates: Majority of material found within Bulk, 1976-1988; 1970-1994

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Jobs in Progress Records

Lead Miners' Union Collection

Collection

Identifier: 5010

Abstract

This collection contains administrative records of the Lead Miners' Union and news clippings from the Lead Daily Call and Black Hills Daily Register newspapers. The bulk of the records date from 1909-1910 and were created during the Homestake Lockout. The collection consists of meeting minutes, an account book, newspaper clippings and a small amount of miscellaneous materials found tucked within the minute books.

Dates: Majority of material found within 1909 - 1910; 1881 - 1926

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Lead Miners' Union Collection

MT5-009 -- Geologic Map of Northern Black Hills, Southern Half of Lead Quadrangle, 1966-09

Item — Box: Misc. Tub 7

Scope and Contents

Drawn by: W.M., S.N.

Scale: 1" = 1000 feet

The map portion of this is missing. What is available is the index and title of the Geochemical Survey.

Plate 4A

Dates: 1966-09

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / 5043, Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection / MT5-009 -- Various drawings and maps pertaining to Spearfish Hydro No. 2 project, drawings, plans, maps, etc.

MT5-009 -- Geologic Mapping in the Grizzly Gulch Tailings Reservoir Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota

Item — Box: Misc. Tub 7

Scope and Contents

Scale: 1" = 200'

Countour Interval: 10'

Drawing contains a key of Explanations. The map has been hand colored.

Dates: 1877 - 2007

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / 5043, Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection / MT5-009 -- Various drawings and maps pertaining to Spearfish Hydro No. 2 project, drawings, plans, maps, etc.

MT5-009 - Geologic Sections Looking North Across the Rochford Anticline, 1972-05

Item — Box: Misc. Tub 7

Scope and Contents

Scale: 1" = 2000'

Drawing has five sections labeled as "45,000 S.", "55,000 S.", "65,000 S.", "75,000 S.", and "85,000 S." The map includes a legend and it is hand colored.

Plate 2.

Dates: 1972-05

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / 5043, Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection / MT5-009 -- Various drawings and maps pertaining to Spearfish Hydro No. 2 project, drawings, plans, maps, etc.

Found in 260 Collections and/or Records:

Homestake Survey Records

Homestake Thesis Collection

Homestake Timber Contracts Paperwork

Hydroelectric and Kirk Power Plant Operation Records

J. Henry Schnitzel Collection

Jobs in Progress Records

Lead Miners' Union Collection

MT5-009 -- Geologic Map of Northern Black Hills, Southern Half of Lead Quadrangle, 1966-09

MT5-009 -- Geologic Mapping in the Grizzly Gulch Tailings Reservoir Area, Lawrence County, South Dakota

MT5-009 - Geologic Sections Looking North Across the Rochford Anticline, 1972-05

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