Images of the Past
Gold Recovery at Homestake Mine: The Last Pour - 2002
Preview: Season 9 Episode 16 | 3m 37s
Video from the 1990s shows gold recovery at Homestake Mine. Includes final pour in 2002.
Video shot in 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. Video shows the final pour. 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: The Last Pour - 2002
Preview: Season 9 Episode 16 | 3m 37s
Video shot in 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. Video shows the final pour. 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: 1954
Clip: S9 Ep16 | 5m 26s | Film from 1954 shows how methods of gold recovery evolved at Homestake Mine. (5m 26s)
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