Lead, South Dakota- Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center, Homestake Open Cut and Yates Shaft, and Black Hills Mining Museum June 7, 2018
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The Black Hills Mining Museum is a non-profit dedicated to preserving the mining heritage of the area.
The outdoor exhibits include another type of locomotive from the Homestake Mine and (left) two types of man cars.The enclosed man car, from the Holy Terror Mine in Keystone, also doubled as a mine ambulance.
This small air-driven Spargo Hoist and bucket were used for sinking vertical shafts and winzes in the Homestake Mine.
These mine ore cars came from the Bald Mountain Mining District, a few miles northwest of Lead.
(Left) A museum guide describes the geology and mineralogy of the Homestake Mine.
(Above) Other museum exhibits interpret the everyday life of the miners, mill-men, and their families.The drum is from the company-supported Homestake Band from Lead.For a more detailed look at what life was like above and below ground, be sure to download a copy of “Life Underground.”
(Above) Well constructed replicas portray scenes of early mining in the Black Hills like this windlass for raising ore and lowering men and supplies in a small mine.
(Right) Placer miners used rockers like this one to work their claims in a more efficient manner than with a gold pan.
(Photos Courtesy of Henry Djerlev, Johnny Johnson, Mike Kaas, Mark Langenfeld, Silvia Pettem, and Bob Spude.
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