Homestake Mining Company records, circa 1888-1999.

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Homestake Mining Company records, circa 1888-1999.

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Includes reports, financial statements, company videotapes, mine safety information, uranium studies, and research material relating to mortality of workers in Homestake Mines. These papers were collected by Homestake engineer Langan W. Swent. This collection also includes photographs and scrapbooks relating to Homestake mines in Mexico and New Mexico. Videotapes (7): The Rebirth of Whitewood Creek (2 copies, VHS ); Whitewood Creek Update (BETA); The McLaughlin Mine, Meeting the Challenge (1 VHS, 1 BETA); McLaughlin Mine (VHS); The Homestake McLaughlin Mine, Topographic and Process Models, Geology and Reclamation (VHS).

13 cartons, 2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders (18.5 linear feet)

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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 ...

Barrick Gold Corp.

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Swent, Langan W. 1916-1992.

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