HMCC . Homestake Mining Company Collection

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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.

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The Nathaniel Herz Papers include documents created or utilized by Herz during his time as a student and professor at Yale, and as an employee of the Homestake Mining Company. The materials are dated between 1903 and 1940 with the bulk of materials dating between 1908 and 1917. Documents include notes from lectures and presentations, Herz’s graduate school thesis, correspondence, records from the American Institute of Mining Engineers, and several published reports and surveys.

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The Periodicals and Publications Collection consists of several journals, magazines, books, and maps found in the offices of Homestake Mining Company. These publications were received and used by employees of the Homestake Mining Company.

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The Records and Courses Collection includes course notes and several dozen reports either collected by Homestake employees or sent to the company's various departments. The reports date between 1914 and 1998.

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...

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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.

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...