Homestake Mining Company

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Assays and Ore Reserve Records

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Buildings and Community Facilities

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Geology Department Papers

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection

Homestake Mining Company Water Department Records

Collection

Identifier: 5042

Abstract The Homestake Mining Department handled Homestake’s water system which supplied water for mining and milling operations, and for domestic use of Homestake’s water. Homestake’s water service area covered Lead, Deadwood, Central City-Blackstone area, and Pluma. The Homestake Mining Company Water Department records contain documentation related to the Lead Water Project from the 1990s, documentation related to the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Plant in the 1980s, and general records...

Dates: Majority of material found within 1890 - 2003

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Mining Company Water Department Records

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Public Affairs and Publications collection

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

Found in: Homestake Adams Research and Cultural Center / Homestake Purchase Order Records

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 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

Found in 286 Collections and/or Records:

Homestake Assays and Ore Reserve Records

Homestake Buildings and Community Facilities

Homestake Geology Department Papers

Homestake Mining Company Maps and Blueprints Collection

Homestake Mining Company Water Department Records

Homestake Public Affairs and Publications collection

Homestake Purchase Order Records

Homestake Survey Records

Homestake Timber Contracts Paperwork

Hydroelectric and Kirk Power Plant Operation Records

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