Lead (S.D.)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
D-30-050 -- Homestake House 623 Ridge Road Lead, South Dakota, 1972-10-17
Item — Cabinet Multi-Drawer D, Drawer: 30, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents
Drawn By: H. Mason (Howard)
Scale 1\4" = 1'
Date: 10-17-1972
Tracing Paper Original Homestake House, 623 Ridge Road, Lead, South Dakota. Three views; Main Floor, Second Floor, and Basement.
Dates:
1972-10-17
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