Season 5, Ep 13: The Homestake Gold Mine.

By Ben Jones

Published September 2, 2025 at 8:07 AM CDT

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Ben and Braeden walk through the history of the Homestake Mine in Lead, SD. How did it get started? Who owned and who ran it? How deep did it go? How much gold was mined? What impact did it have on the state and nation's economy and how did it become the site of Nobel prize-winning physics?

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Season 5, Ep 13: The Homestake Gold Mine.

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