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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AD4_compressed-air-locomotive-9_Lead-SD.html
Homestake Mining Company Locomotive Number 9 was purchased in 1907 from the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The H.K. Porter number for this locomotive was 3847.
This locomotive is powered by compressed air. The capacity of the la…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACK_1912-lead-city-hall-homestake-general-offices_Lead-SD.html
Lead's City Hall was located in this ornate building at 215 West Main Street from 1912 until 1938. The building originally housed the mayor's and treasurer's offices, the courtroom, jail, and judge's chambers. After construction of a new City Hall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACJ_homestake-air-locomotive-number-35_Lead-SD.html
Locomotive Number 35 was purchased in April, 1931 from the H.K. Porter Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This locomotive was in service on the Homestake Tramway hauling ore from the Homestake shafts to the Homestake mills.
This locomotive is …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACI_commonwealth-mine-stamp-mill_Lead-SD.html
In the early days of mining stamp mills were used to crush the ore prior to gold recovery. A stamp mill is a very simple machine. The flywheel builds momentum to turn the cam. The cam lifts the stamps and then gravity drops them back down at a rat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACH_homestake-one-ton-end-dump-ore-car_Lead-SD.html
The one-ton ore cars were prevalent throughout the mining industry in the early Twentieth Century. These ore cars were small enough to be used in the smallest tunnels to haul rock from the production face to a dump point. Some dump points were ove…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACG_halloran-block_Lead-SD.html
The Halloran Block was designed by City of Lead Architect J. A. Archibald and was completed for James Halloran in December, 1897. Mr. Halloran originally came to the Black Hills with the Custer Expedition of 1874. James Halloran was a prime mover …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACF_homestake-slag-buggy_Lead-SD.html
Slag buggies, cast at the Homestake Foundry, were used in two different processes at the Homestake Refinery. One process was receiving slag produced in the blast furnace process. The Homestake blast furnace process utilized a coke-fired furnace to…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACE_homestake-hospital-site_Lead-SD.html
Medical services at the Homestake Mining Company, one of the pioneers in the United States in the field of industrial health services, first began in 1877, when the company contracted with Dr. D. K. Dickinson to furnish medical and surgical servic…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACD_the-homestake-opera-house-recreation-building_Lead-SD.html
Built between 1912-1914 by the Homestake Mining Company, this $250,000 facility included not only a beautiful modern opera house with a seating capacity of over 1,000, but also a bowling alley, swimming pool, library, social rooms, and billiard an…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ACC_city-hall-and-masonic-temple_Lead-SD.html
Lead's earliest city hall was located in the old business district, an area that was eventually lost due to ground subsidence. A new City Hall had then been constructed in 1912 on the corner of Main and Siever Streets and served the community unti…