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The ten-stamp mill had become 200, and 500 employees worked in the mine, mills, offices and shops. Hearst owned the Boulder Ditch and water rights to Whitewood Creek, monopolizing the region. His railroad, Black Hills & Fort Pierre Railroad, gave him access to eastern Dakota Territory. [7] Homestake Mine in 1900
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.06 square miles (5.34 km 2), all land. [14]Two prominent manmade features of Lead's geography are the giant open cut, which was used for surface gold mining by the Homestake Mine, [15] and the resulting ridge nearby built with the non-producing material from the cut.
North Antelope Rochelle Mine: Peabody Energy Corporation [3] Surface Wyoming: 101,595,323 Black Thunder Mine: Arch Coal [4] Surface Wyoming 99,450,689 Antelope Coal Mine: Cloud Peak Energy [5] Surface Wyoming 28,503,504 Eagle Butte Mine: Foundation Coal [6] Surface Wyoming 17,264,483 Cordero Rojo Mine: Cloud Peak Energy [5]
Town is in the SE 1 ⁄ 4 of section 5 T3S – R4E north of Custer and about two miles (3.2 km) of Bernie Siding, but location of the mine is unknown as no ruins have been found. Barren: The exact location of the town and its mine are a mystery. Atlantic City, according to Black Hills Ghost Towns, was home to the Atlantic Mine and its 40 stamp ...
Mining operations at the mine site first began around 1918 with the establishment of the Peerless Mine. The Peerless Mine was an underground room and pillar operation that mined coal near the outcrop of the Wyodak seam. Though the operation went out of business in 1925, it left behind underground workings which were uncovered and mined through ...
BHOD was renamed "Black Hills Army Depot" (BHAD) in 1962. [1] Over the years, BHOD was used for storage and testing of chemical weapons, including sarin [4] and mustard gas. [5] Additionally, during World War II, the site also held Italian prisoners of war. [3] The Depot was closed on June 30, 1967, and the Igloo community was abandoned. [1]
This is a list of Superfund sites in South Dakota designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law. The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
Tinton is a ghost town in the Black Hills of Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. Founded in 1876, it started out as a gold mining camp and later began to produce tin . It had a heavy decline in the early 20th century due to the decline in the mining industry, and the town was fully abandoned by the 1950s. [ 3 ]