LEAD, S.D. - There's still gold in the Black Hills after more than century of mining, but the most famous gold mine in America will close at year's end because it's losing money. The Homestake Mine ...

The history of the Homestake Mining Company in the Black Hills is a parallel with the overall history of the region, taking it from the unsettled Indian country in the mid-1870s, to an ...

The last bits of Homestake gold are available to former employees and the public as tangible pieces of the 125-year history of the mine. Former Homestake employees have first chance at getting their ...

LEAD, S.D. - The Homestake Gold Mine is played out, but state officials think there's billions of dollars worth of paydirt left in the 8,000-feet-deep maze of shafts and tunnels in the Black Hills.