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DURING ITS HAY DAY'S HOLY TERROR MINE WAS THE "TOP OF THE LINE" IN MINING TECHNOLOGY.
THE 1,200 FOOT DEEP MINE WAS PRESSING THE EXTREMES OF MINING TECHNOLOGY.
THE 10 STAMP HOLY TERROR MILL HAD A RECORD $42,000 CLEANUP.
THE NEXT WEEK, AFTER A 7- DAY RUN, CLEANUP WAS $70,000, THIS WAS A "WORLD RECORD" IN GOLD PRODUCTION.
SELECTED SAMPLES FROM THE HOLY TERROR ASSAYED AS HIGH AS $58,000 PER TON. SOME SAMPLES WERE SO RICH IN GOLD THEY APPEARED TO BE WRAPPED WITH GOLD WIRE.
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COMMONLY DONE BY A "STAMP MILL".
STAMPS WERE DROPPED ON ORE TO
CRUSH IT TO THE REQUIRED SIZE.
A STAMP BATTERY USUALLY CONTAINED
5 STAMPS PER BATTERY.
THE STAMPS DROPPED AT THE RATE OF
50 IMPACTS PER MINUTE.
EACH STAMP WEIGHED IN AT ABOUT
1,000 POUNDS.
THE POWER TO LIFT EACH STAMP WAS SUPPLIED BY
STEAM ENGINES POWERED BY CORDWOOD - FIRED
BOILERS.
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TO DEVELOP A GOLD MINE TAKES
10 YEARS OF WORK AND AN
AVERAGE OF 500 MILLION
DOLLARS.
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THIS WEATHERD BUILDING TO THE LEFT IS THE REMAINS OF THE
"GOOD LUCK TUNSTEN MINE".
THIS MINE WAS VERY ACTIVE DURING BOTH WORLD WARS.
TUNGSTEN IS USED TO HARDEN STEEL.
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THIS POT HOLE OF WATER IS LOCATED IN AN AREA CALLED LEAKY,LEAKY VALLEY.
THIS LOW AREA IS SPRING FEED AND HAS MANY POT HOLES, THE MINING TRAINS USED TAKE ON WATER AT THIS VALLEY.
IT IS ALSO THE HEADWATERS OF "BATTLE CREEK" WHICH FLOW'S THRU KEYSTONE.
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" FIRST MAP "
A FRENCH GEOGRAPHER DREW THE FIRST
MAP OF SOUTH DAKOTA
IN - 1702
OVER A CENTURY BEFORE
LEWIS & CLARK
EXPLORED THE AREA.
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