The Price of Gold: Stories from the Homestake Gold Mine
Praise for The Price of Gold:
"Full of heart, humor, and hardship, these stories provide an intimate glimpse into the everyday lives of the storytellers. With its broad and well-researched history of the Black Hills and Homestake Mine, The Price of Gold highlights the complex connections between people and place." — Kelly Kirk, Historian and Director of the Sanford Lab Homestake Visitor Center
"A rare window into an underground world that very few experience first-hand. The Price of Gold will be read with admiration and wonder by all." — Steven T. Mitchell, former Homestake Mine Superintendent and Author of The Riches of Our Universe: The Homestake Legacy at the Sanford Underground Research Facility
Summary:
For more than a century, the Homestake Gold Mine carved drifts deep beneath the rugged mountain town of Lead, South Dakota. But the price of gold faltered in the late 1900s. Massive layoffs and the mine's closure left the town adrift, searching for a new identity.
The Price of Gold: Stories from the Homestake Gold Mine is a collection of portraits of former miners, electricians, hoist operators, receptionists and chemists alongside their stories of humorous pranks, harried rescue operations and the loss of loved ones to mining accidents.
Created by South Dakota natives Erin Lorraine Woodward and Nick Hubbard, this collection offers "a rare window into an underground world" and tells of lives lived above and below the city of Lead.
Print length: 248 pg
Language: English
Weight: 2lbs 8 oz
Dimensions: L: 8” W: 2" H: 10"
First published in the United States by Erin Lorraine Media.
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ISBN 979-8-218-98915-6
First Edition: 2024