Caption

Lead, South Dakota - The former Homestake Mine in the Black Hills. Gold mining began in 1878 in an open pit, but later became a deep underground mine, which closed in 2002. The mine is now used for scientific research by the Sanford Underground Research Facility

Date

Sep 13, 2017

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Jim West

Reference

BRK25L72_299

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

56,9Mb (6,7Mb) / 18,2in x 12,1in / 5464 x 3640 (300dpi)

Keywords

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