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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BZP_spearfish-canyon-flora-and-fauna_Spearfish-SD.html
Northern red horse suckers and dace were the only species of fish present in Spearfish Creek during an early 1875 exploration of the Black Hills. Trout are not indigenous to the Black Hills but were introduced from Colorado in the late 1800s. T…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BXX_spearfish-canyon-through-time_Spearfish-SD.html
"But how it is that I've heard so little of this miracle and we, toward the Atlantic, have heard so much of the Grand Canyon when this is even more miraculous? All the better eventually... (that the Dakotas are not on the through line to the coast…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVV_dakota-rebekah-lodge_Lead-SD.html
Dakota Rebekah Lodge No. 1 First Rebekah Lodge chartered in Dakota Territory Jan 17, 1883 Lead South Dakota
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2BVP_j-b-hickok_Deadwood-SD.html
Died Aug 2, 1876 by pistol Shot Aged 39 years Custer was lonely without him Erected by J. H. Riordan of N.Y. 1891
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AE0_spargo-hoist-sinking-bucket_Lead-SD.html
The Spargo Hoist was developed by a Homestake Mining Company engineer. This small, pneumatically operated hoist was used in many applications in the underground Homestake Mine. One of the uses was a sinking hoist; used by mining crews to mine a sh…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADZ_overshot-mucker_Lead-SD.html
The overshot mucker was a rail-mounted, rock excavation machine, operated by compressed air. This mucker was used to scoop up blasted, broken rock and throw it overhead into an ore car positioned behind the mucker. As the mucker advanced the minin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADP_ore-cars_Lead-SD.html
The Bald Mountain district, which includes the Portland area, is 3½ miles southwest of the Lead district. Claims were located in the Portland area in 1877, but early mining was handicapped by the highly refractory (difficulty) nature of the o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2ADO_man-car_Lead-SD.html
This man car was used by the Homestake Mining Company to transport men and equipment from the shafts to the mining areas. This man car has 18" gauge trucks (distance between wheels) that were used in the upper levels of the Homestake Mine. In th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AD8_battery-locomotive_Lead-SD.html
Battery locomotives were the work horse of locomotives used in the Homestake Mine. Every operating level had at least one locomotive and up to 4 or 5 locomotives. These locomotives hauled ore trains, miners to the work area, mechanics and electric…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM2AD7_homestake-gas-powered-locomotive_Lead-SD.html
This gas-powered locomotive was operated as a tramway locomotive, hauling ore in the Trojan Mining District, west of Lead. The mines serviced by this locomotive were the Clinton, the Two Johns, and the Trojan. The ore from these mines was hauled t…
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