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South Dakota Saga (Part I) (1940)

1940 · Ephemeral film · 15 min

Synopsis

Gold mining and the life of gold miners in South Dakota, as seen by the mining company.

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Running time
15 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
SouthDak1940

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★★★ · There's gold deeeeeeeep in dar hills! · Spuzz · 2005-02-25

Not bad detailing of how the Homestake mining corperation gets gold out of their mine. BUT FIRST! We see images of General Custer.. why, I am not sure. We then are shown the history of gold discovery in the state yadayada, finally, the film gets started, and the film tells me something I didn't believe at first, but yes, the miners go 4000 feet below ground level to grind ore out! Wow! Neat. Anyways, an EXCELLENT overview is shown of how ore is drilled and brought up to surface. You may think this would have been boring (including me) but really, this was too fascinating! Anyways, the rock…

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