Map 8 Resources

Books and Articles

Bronson, William and T.H. Watkins. Homestake: The Centennial History of America's Greatest Gold Mine. San Francisco: Homestake Mining Company, 1977.
Friggens, Paul. Gold & Grass: The Black Hills Story. Boulder, CO: Pruett, 1983.
Klein, James. Gold Rush! Berkeley, CA: Tricycle Press, 1998.
Parker, Watson. Deadwood: The Golden Years. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981.
Savage, Jeff. Gold Miners of the Wild West. Springfield, NJ: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 1995.
Wallace, Robert. The Miners. (Wild West Series.) Alexandria, VA: Time-Life Books, 1981.
Waterland, Joel K. Gold & Silver or Sweat & Tears: The History of the Bald Mountain, Ruby Basin and Garden City Mining Districts, Black Hills of South Dakota. Rapid City: privately published, 1988.
Waterland, Joel K. The Mines Around & Beyond. Rapid City: privately published, 1991.

On-line Resources

South Dakota Department of Environment & Natural Resources, Minerals and Mining Program.
http://www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/Mining/mineprg.htm.

Supplemental Images

maps

  • for an 1878 United States Map, use a historical atlas or Core Map 11 - The Transcontinental Rail Network, 1878
  • 1884 Lawrence County map. Detail from "Lawrence County." In Andreas, A. T. Historical Atlas of Dakota. Chicago: R. R. Donnelley & Sons, The Lakeside Press, 1884. Newberry Library call number: +G 10921 .036
  • 1877 Black Hills Map. Detail from "Rand McNally & Co.'s Map of the Northern Portion of the Black Hills " (1877) In New Map and Guide to the Black Hills. Chicago, Rand, McNally & Co., 1878. Newberry Library call number: Graff 2660
  • 1879 Dakota Territory Map. Detail from Rand, McNally & Co.'s Dakota (1879). Newberry Library call number: Graff 3419.

Photographs of the Caledonia mine region

Supplemental Texts

Janin's Report. In Caledonia Gold Mining Co. Caledonia Gold Mining Co. - Reports of Mining Engineers. San Francisco, CA, 1879.
Rigby's Report. In Caledonia Gold Mining Co. Caledonia Gold Mining Co. - Reports of Mining Engineers. San Francisco, CA, 1879.
Simmons' Report. In Caledonia Gold Mining Co. Caledonia Gold Mining Co. - Reports of Mining Engineers. San Francisco, CA, 1879.

Grades K-2 Resources

  • Photographs of the Caledonia mine region (see Supplemental Images)

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