The Wharf Mine, South Dakota's only active large-scale gold mine, reached an eight-year high in gold production in 2024. Production at South Dakota’s only active, large-scale gold mine climbed to its ...

The original settlers dubbed it the "Gateway to the Black Hills." Rapid City became known for profiting off of gold without actually mining it. Lost in the mix was a bounty of natural beauty ...

For Erin Woodward, a Black Hills native, a college internship at SURF opened her eyes to the deep roots of the Homestake Gold Mine, the very site the laboratory now calls home.

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota, he doesn’t just see its natural beauty ... The former gold mine beneath is another, and that’s what motivated ...

The former gold mine beneath is another ... work being conducted by some of the world’s top minds inside the Black Hills, and he wanted to find a way to show them that this place was important ...