LEAD - A Canadian engineering firm has been awarded a $4.8 million contract to reopen the underground Homestake gold mine in Lead. The South Dakota Science and Technology Authority awarded the ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota’s Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop ...

Deep under the Black Hills, the United States is turning a historic gold mine into what is effectively a colossal refrigerator, built to chill 15,000 tons of liquid argon to -303°F for one of the most ...

A gold exploration project proposed for the Black Hills National Forest has drawn 1,774 public comments, many expressing concern over potential threats to Spearfish Canyon. Solitario Resources plans ...

LEAD - The pumps that keep water from filling up the 8,000-foot-deep Homestake Mine in Lead would need to be replaced before a science lab could be built at the site, a Barrick Gold Corp. official ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – A gold rush brought settlers to South Dakota's Black Hills roughly 150 years ago, chasing the dream of wealth and displacing Native Americans in the process. Now, a new crop of ...