Homestake Mining Co. started operations in 1877 in Lead and gradually built an 8,000-foot-deep mine below the city. Thousands of miners dug out about 40 million ounces of gold in the 125-year life ...

Homestake based the $200-per-coin price on the market value of gold plus the stamping and packaging expenses. Former employees who worked for the mine from 1998 to the present had first chance at ...

Homestake Mining Co., the nation's second-largest gold producer, said it will take a one-time $43-million charge in the third quarter to close its oldest mine.

Homestake shares up 20%; merger set to create the world's No. 2 producer NEW YORK (CNNfn) - Barrick Gold Corp. agreed to buy U.S. gold mining rival Homestake Mining Co. in a $2.3 billion stock ...

Details on the old Homestake gold mine, the site picked for the National Science Foundation’s Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory: The old Homestake Gold Mine in Lead, 45 miles ...

Homestake Mine - Mining Gold in the 1930s. Season 2 Episode 3 | 7m 10s. How miners drilled, blasted, and removed ore from what was once the deepest mine on earth. Aired 11/21/2016 | Rating NR.

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LEAD, S.D., Sept. 11 -- Homestake Mining Co. said Monday it will close its Lead, S.D., operation within 16 months because of low gold prices. The company said the mine has had a negative cash flow ...