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The Homestake Mine was a deep underground gold mine (8,000 feet or 2,438 m) located in Lead, South Dakota. Until it closed in 2002 it was the largest and deepest gold mine in the Western Hemisphere . The mine produced more than forty million troy ounces (43,900,000 oz; 1,240,000 kg) of gold during its lifetime. [1]
Homestake Mining Company. Homestake Mining Company was one of the largest gold mining businesses in the United States and the owner of the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. Founded in 1877, it was acquired by Barrick Gold in December 2001. Homestake was the longest-listed stock in the history of the New York Stock Exchange.
Ballycorus (Irish: Baile Mhic Fheorais, meaning 'Town of the Pearse Family') [1] leadmines is a former lead mining and smelting centre located in the townland of the same name, near Kilternan in County Dublin, Ireland. The mine opened around 1807 and was taken over by the Mining Company of Ireland (MCI) in 1826 who owned and operated the site ...
This is a list of plantations and/or plantation houses in the U.S. state of Louisiana that are National Historic Landmarks, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, listed on a heritage register; or are otherwise significant for their history, their association with significant events or people, or their architecture and design. [1 ...
History. [] The now closed Doe Run lead smelter in Herculaneum, Missouri. The company that would become The Doe Run Company was founded as St. Joseph Lead Company in New York in 1864. [ 1 ] In the " Old Lead Belt " of Southeast Missouri where the company operated, it was the dominant mining group. [ 2 ] In 1887, the company purchased land to ...
In 1923 the orebody containing lead, zinc and silver was discovered by the miner John Campbell Miles. [1] Prominent mining engineer William Henry Corbould was invited to the field by Douglas MacGilvray, who held options over several tenements, and immediately noted similarities between the Mount Isa orebodies and those of Broken Hill, New South Wales.
On July 25, 2010, the Tuttle Farm and Tuttle's Red Barn were listed for sale. [4] Will Tuttle, the Tuttle Farm's owner, cited exhaustion, his age (in his sixties), and the lack of a younger generation of Tuttles showing interest in taking over the Tuttle Farm as his reasons for offering the farm for sale. [3] [6] The original price was $3.35 ...
From former Oakland A's legends, to the fans and workers, they all prepare for the final game at the Coliseum after 57 years.