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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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AB1_the-glover-house_Lead-SD.html
The Glover House at 11 Glendale Drive, was built in 1899 as a Christmas gift from Mary Baker Eddy, founder of the Christian Science Church, to her son George Washington Glover II. At the time of construction, the site was located outside of the ci…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AB0_the-first-national-norwest-bank_Lead-SD.html
Lead's first bank was founded in 1879 under the name of Samuel Wood & Co. and was later renamed Thum, Lake & Co. It became a state bank in 1883 under the name of the Lead City Bank, a name which was changed to the First National Bank in 1891, and …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM29DU_thomas-johnston-grier_Lead-SD.html
To the Memory
of
Thomas Johnston Grier
Born at Pakenham, Ontario, Canada, May 18th, 1850
Died at Los Angeles, California, September 22nd, 1914
Superintendent Homestake Properties
1884 to 1914