Homestake Mining Company
Organization
Found in 375 Collections and/or Records:
Roscoe Postle Associates, Inc. Ore Reserve Audit Records
Collection
Identifier: 5037
Abstract
Starting in 1996, The Homestake Mining Company and the Geology Department hired Roscoe Postle Associates, Inc. (RPA) to audit their ore reserves and in 1997 to recalculate the 1996 ore reserves. For the review, RPA examined the geological and assay database (Vulcan), the parameter and assumptions used, estimation methodology and procedures, estimates of a number of blocks, discussions with mine staff, and reserve classification. This collection contains six boxes of Resource Block Worksheets...
Dates:
1992 - 1998
Tom and Melissa Campbell Collection
Collection
Identifier: 5029
Abstract
The Tom and Melissa Campbell Collection consists of published and technical reports, survey worksheets, drill logs, thin sections, maps, and electronic records. The materials were gathered while the Campbells worked on the creation of the Homestake Data Archive and the Homestake Core Archive.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1975 - 2000; 1924 - 2005
Tom Regan Collection
Collection
Identifier: 5022
Abstract
The Tom Regan Collection includes documents collected, created, or utilized by Regan during both his time working for the Homestake Mining Company and in the years following the closure of the mine. The materials are dated between 1890 and 2011 with the bulk of material dating between 1980 and 2001. Documents include copies of manager's reports and messages to employees, published materials, training guidelines, photographs, records of accidents, fires and deaths, Mine Rescue Team documents,...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1980 - 2001; 1890 - 2011
United States Geologic Survey Publications
Collection
Identifier: 5027
Abstract
The United States Geological Survey Collection consists of several types of reports and maps published by the USGS between 1893 and 1998. These publications were received and used by employees of the Homestake Mining Company.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1944 - 1985; 1893 - 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