The Homestake Mine in South Dakota was once the deepest gold mine in North America, reaching 8,000 feet underground. Before closing, it produced gold worth billions of dollars, proving that the American Midwest holds geological secrets as profound as the mountainous western states. #SouthDakota #HomestakeMine #MiningHistory #DeepMining | Erna Mulyani

The Black Water 2 Mining Property is located in the southern region of the California Black Hills. The mines are just south of the Naval Reservation boundary and some of the only available in the region. These are high value, gold producing mines that have been worked as far back as 1870 historically for gold. More recently they were a part of a gold mining development project executed by Nicor and Homestake Mining spanning from 1977 to 1982. The mines are reported to have been started in 1870 o