MINING & LOGGING REFLECT A TIME WHEN
CONNECTIONS TO FAMILY AND THE LAND
DEFINED "AMERICAN LIFE".
AS PRESIDENT OF THIS ASSOCIATION I HAVE
TRYED TO DOCUMENT ONE TOWN'S RICH MINING
AND LOGGING HISTORY, FOR OUR WEB SITE.
KEYSTONE IS SECOND TO NONE WHEN IT COMES
TO UNCOVERING SMALL TREASURES OF HISTORY.
MINING HISTORY UNLOCK'S A DOOR TO THE PAST,
SHEDDING LIGHT ON A TIME WHEN CONNECTION'S
TO FAMILY AND THE LAND DEFINED AMERICAN LIFE.
THE STRUCTURERS THAT REMAIN DEMONSTRATE HOW
MUCH REMAINS THE SAME - AND HOW MUCH HAS CHANGED.
THE MINES REPRESENT WHAT SETTLERS, DREAMERS AND HARDWORKING FAMILIES FOUND AT THE END OF THIER OWN QUESTS.
BEFORE WHAT IS LEFT IS LOST TO TIME AND THE ELEMENTS
AND TO DEVELOPMENT, COME SEE WHAT IS STILL HERE - "SOON".
THANK YOU
BOB H.
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THIS CABIN WAS HOME TO ELIZABETH BELITE, SHE LIVED IN THIS CABIN FOR 86 YEARS
WITHOUT RUNNING WATER OR ELECTRICITY. SHE WAS A SCHOOL TEACHER FOR THE MINERS CHILDREN.
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THIS TWO STORY BUILDING WAS CALLED THE "KENNEDY HOUSE", IT WAS A GROCERY STORE, A SALOON AND HOTEL FOR THE MINERS.
ABOUT 1000 MINERS AND THIER FAMILYS LIVED IN THIS AREA IN MID 1800'S.
YOU CAN STILL SEE SOME OF THE BULIDINGS THEY LIVED IN NEAR THIS HOUSE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MINERS CABINS BELOW.
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THIS CABIN ON THE LEFT WAS A "WAY STATION" FOR THE MINERS THAT WORKED AT THE ATTIE MINE.
ATTIE MINE WAS ABOUT 1/2 MILE DOWN THE TRACK AND MINED TIN.
THE ATTIE MINE WENT DOWN OVER 800 FEET IN SEARCH OF TIN BUT VERY LITTLE WAS FOUND.
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"PHOTO'S"
THE ABOVE PHOTO'S CAN SEEN BY DRIVING UP "OLD HILL CITY ROAD", FROM KEYSTONE.
THESE AND OTHER HISTORICAL VALUE SITE'S ARE CURRENTLY TRYING TO BE SAVED.
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"GOLD FEVER"
AFTER GOLD WAS CONFIRMED IN "FRENCH CREEK" NEAR THE PRESENT DAY CITY OF CUSTER, MORE THAN 300 MINING CAMPS SPRANG UP, DESPITE GOVERMENT AND NATIVE AMERICAN EFFORTS TO STOP THEM.
THE "HOMESTAKE MINE" IN LEAD BECAME ONE OF THE WORLD;S RICHEST AND LONGEST-PRODUCING GOLD MINES.
BETWEEN 1876 AND 2002, MINERS DUG MORE THAN $1 BILLION IN GOLD FROM THE MINE,REACHING DEPTHS OF 8,000 FEET.
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"THE SIOUX NATION WON THE BATTLE
BUT LOST THE WAR"
THE SIOUX LOST POSSESSION OF THE BLACK HILLS
IN 1876, TWO YEARS AFTER GENERAL CUSTER AND THE 7TH CAVALRY DISCOVERED GOLD IN 1874 AT FRENCH CREEK
NEAR WHAT IS NOW CUSTER,SD.
"TURNING POINT"
JUNE 25,1876
THIS DAY GENERAL CUSTER AND HUNDREDS OF SOLDIERS
LOST THIER LIVES AT THE " BATTLE OF LITTLE BIG HORN".
"THE FORT LARAMIE TREATY WAS BROKEN".
THE BLACK HILLS WERE OPENED TO SETTLEMENT THE
SIOUX HAD WON THE BATTLE BUT LOST THE WAR.
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" SOUTH DAKOTA "
HAS 4.5 MILLION ACRES OF LAND
OWNED BY
AMERICAN INDIAN TRIBES
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