Synopsis
Gold mining and the life of gold miners in South Dakota, as seen by the mining company.
Uploader's description on archive.org
Details
- Running time
- 16 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- SouthDak1940_2
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- Mining
- Metals: Gold
- South Dakota: History and culture
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · exciting · cashel · 2003-09-26
An epic story of gold mining . b/w film with excellent photography.. Part 1 starts with a very brief history, including gen.custer
★★★ · There's gold deeeeeeeeep in thar 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…
