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Homestake Mining Company records, circa 1888-1999.
BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize folder 1; BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize folder 2; BANC MSS 2005/297 c box 1; BANC MSS 2005/297 c box 2; ...
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Collection Overview

Title:

Homestake Mining Company records, circa 1888-1999

Creator/Contributor:

Homestake Mining Company, creator

Creator/Contributor:

Swent, Langan W. (Langan Waterman), 1916-1992

Abstract:

Includes reports, financial statements, company videotapes, mine safety information, uranium studies, and research material relating to mortality of workers in Homestake Mines. These papers were collected by Homestake engineer Langan W. Swent. This collection also includes photographs and scrapbooks relating to Homestake mines in Mexico and New Mexico.
Videotapes (7): The Rebirth of Whitewood Creek (2 copies, VHS ); Whitewood Creek Update (BETA); The McLaughlin Mine, Meeting the Challenge (1 VHS, 1 BETA); McLaughlin Mine (VHS); The Homestake McLaughlin Mine, Topographic and Process Models, Geology and Reclamation (VHS).

Date:

1888 (issued)

Subject:

n-us-sd -- n-us-nm -- n-us-wy -- n-mx--- -- n-us---
Homestake Mining Company -- Archives
Homestake Mining Company -- Pictorial works
Barrick Gold Corp. -- History
Mine safety
Uranium industry -- United States -- Safety measures
Radon -- Health aspects
Gold mines and mining -- South Dakota
Gold mines and mining -- New Mexico
Gold mines and mining -- Mexico
Uranium mines and mining -- New Mexico
Gold mines and mining -- Black Hills (S.D. and Wyo.)

Note:

Forms part of the History of Science and Technology Collection.
COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.
Homestake Mining Company records, BANC MSS 2005/297 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Gift; of Eleanor Swent; 2005; 2012.
The Homestake Mining Company was one of the largest gold mining businesses in the United States from the 19th century through the beginning of the 21st. Its first and most famous operation was the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. It was merged into the Canadian-based Barrick Gold Corporation in 2002.
In English.
Container list available in the library.

Type:

Scrapbooks.
Photographs.

Physical Description:

print
13 cartons, 2 boxes, 2 oversize boxes, 2 oversize folders (18.5 linear feet)

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize folder 1
BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize folder 2
BANC MSS 2005/297 c box 1
BANC MSS 2005/297 c box 2
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 1
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 2
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 3
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 4
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 5
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 6
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 7
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 8
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 9
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 10
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 11
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 12
BANC MSS 2005/297 c carton 13
BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize box 1
BANC MSS 2005/297 c oversize box 2
BANC MSS 2005/297 c
BANC MSS 2005/297 c

Origin:

South Dakota

Copyright Note:

COLLECTION STORED, IN PART, OFF-SITE: Advance notice required for use.