Images of the Past
Gold Recovery at Homestake Mine: 1954
Clip: Season 1 | 5m 26s
Film from 1954 shows how methods of gold recovery evolved at Homestake Mine.
Film and video shot in 1936, 1954, and the 1990s through 2002 shows changes in gold recovery methods at Homestake. The process once involved stamp mills and mercury amalgamation. It also involved cynadation from the early 1900s until Homestake Mine closed in 2002. Homestake Mine in Lead South Dakota is now the home of the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
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Images of the Past
Gold Recovery at Homestake Mine: 1954
Clip: Season 1 | 5m 26s
Film and video shot in 1936, 1954, and the 1990s through 2002 shows changes in gold recovery methods at Homestake. The process once involved stamp mills and mercury amalgamation. It also involved cynadation from the early 1900s until Homestake Mine closed in 2002. Homestake Mine in Lead South Dakota is now the home of the Sanford Underground Research Facility.
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Gold Recovery at Homestake Mine: The Last Pour - 2002
Clip: S1 | 3m 37s | Video from the 1990s shows gold recovery at Homestake Mine. Includes final pour in 2002. (3m 37s)
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