Gold Run first record book, 1876 February 21-Oct 11.

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Gold Run first record book, 1876 February 21-Oct 11.

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Handwritten record book which includes names, dates, and locations of placer and quartz gold claims, a location certificate and a record of transfer of claims. Also included are the records of a meeting to make laws for Gold Run and to extablish the Summit Mining District. The placer claims included in the volume are those located above the Homestake Gold Mine shafts.

1 vol. (100 p.)

Harold B. Lee Library

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Carey, Thomas E., -1944

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Carey, the discoverer of placer gold in Gold Run Gulch, Dakota Territory, was elected recorder of the mining district. From the guide to the Gold Run Gulch first record book, 1876, (L. Tom Perry Special Collections) Thomas E. Carey was born in Livingston, Montana, on October 15, 1882. The family later moved to Philipsburg. Carey filed on a homestead southwest of Philipsburg about 1907 and also leased land from the state beginning about 1903. In 1916 he went to w...

Homestake Mining Company

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The origins of Homestake Mining Company date back to 1876 when Moses and Fred Manuel began prospecting for gold in the Black Hills on the Wyoming-South Dakota border. On April 9, 1876, they established the Homestake Mine. On November 5, 1877, George Hearst of San Francisco, along with Lloyd Tevis and James Haggin negotiated a deal with the Manuel Brothers to incorporate and the Homestake Mining Company was formed. Until about 1950, the company's main interest was in gold. After 1950 the company ...