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Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

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Cyanide Plant No. 1

Homestake Mill, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

"Cyanide Plant No. 1, Largest in the World, Property of Homestake Mining Co., Lead, S.D." Old postcard, 1909 or earlier.
Photo ID: 222045    View Count: 22

Drilling

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Drilling underground at Homestake Gold Mine, circa 1920
Photo ID: 160826    View Count: 67

Homestake Mine - Highland Hoist & Saw Mill (ca. 1910)

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Old postcard view.
Photo ID: 216797    View Count: 46

Homestake Mine (1909)

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Old postcard.
Photo ID: 248275    View Count: 24

Homestake Mine (1912)

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

"Drilling With Compressed Air" -- Old postcard view.
Photo ID: 257200    View Count: 18

Homestake Mine (ca. 1910)

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Old postcard view. Caption reads: "Flash Light Photographs of the Under Ground Workings of the Homestake, the Largest Gold Mine in the World." Lead, S.D. "Compressed Air Motor and Train Loading from Chutes, 1,100 ft. Under Ground."
Photo ID: 218215    View Count: 40

Homestake Mine and Mills (ca. 1908)

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Old postcard view.
Photo ID: 216640    View Count: 32

Hydraulic mining, Whitewood Creek Placers

Whitewood Creek placers, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

Hydraulic mining of the Whitewood Creek placers circa 1880
Photo ID: 163584    View Count: 68

Mill and tailings piles

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

The Homestake mill and tailings piles at Lead, South Dakota circa 1900. Courtesy of Western History/Genealogy Department, Denver Public Library.
Photo ID: 125497    View Count: 134

Open pit

Homestake Mine, Lead District, Lawrence Co., South Dakota, USA

The open-cut Homestake mine as it appeared circa 1900. Courtesy of American Environmental Photographs Collection, [AEP-SDS16], Department of Special Collections, University of Chicago Library
Photo ID: 125498    View Count: 136
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