Gold production was up and silver production was way up last year at South Dakota’s only active large-scale gold mine, according to new numbers reviewed Thursday by a state board. Chicago-based ...

Wharf Resources, next to Terry Peak ski area near Lead, generated 76,840 ounces of gold and 50,575 ounces of silver in 2018.

Black Hills Gold jewelry firm loses lawsuit over transfer of assets State Supreme Court overturns Circuit Judge Merton Tice Jr. Joe Kafka, The Associated Press Sep 19, 2007 ...

South Dakota is home to the Homestake mine, one of the largest underground gold and silver mines in U.S. history. The mine operated for about 125 years before being shut down in the early 2000s.