Man Car

Man Car (HM2ADO)

Location: Lead, SD 57754 Lawrence County
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Country: United States of America
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N 44° 21.106', W 103° 46.035'

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Homestake Mine

—Lead, South Dakota —

This man car was used by the Homestake Mining Company to transport men and equipment from the shafts to the mining areas. This man car has 18" gauge trucks (distance between wheels) that were used in the upper levels of the Homestake Mine.
In the Homestake Mine, the 18" gauge railroads were used from the surface down to the 6800 Level (distance below the surface). Beginning on the 6950 Level, larger equipment was utilized in the mine requiring the railroad to be increased to 30" gauge. This difference in railroad gauge required several levels to have both gauge railroads to allow proper and efficient delivery of supplies, explosives, equipment and material. The 4850 Level was the primary equipment transfer level, moving everything from the two surface shafts, the Ross and the Yates, to the underground shafts (properly called winzes), #4 and #6.
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HM NumberHM2ADO
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Date Added Tuesday, August 14th, 2018 at 7:02pm PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)13T E 598249 N 4911682
Decimal Degrees44.35176667, -103.76725000
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 44° 21.106', W 103° 46.035'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds44° 21' 6.3600000000001" N, 103° 46' 2.0999999999998" W
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Area Code(s)605
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling East
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 323 W Main St, Lead SD 57754, US
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