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Homestake Mine and Copper Kings in Old West Gold
A narrative traces Mose Manuel and partners finding the Homestake lode near Lead, South Dakota, later developed by George Hearst. It contrasts Clark’s rise as Copper King from a salt bed hole and Jerome’s rich copper finds, with Boyd and colleagues in the Bradshaw mountains and United Verde Mine discovery.
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Hirty
Mose Manuel
Fred
Lead
South Dakota
Henry Harney
Mose
Harney
Hank
Manuel Boys
United States
George Hearst
Montana
W. A. Clark
Copper
Clark
United Verde
Arizona
Homestake Lode
John Boyd
Hearing
Nevada
Tonta Basin
Thither
Bradshaw Mountains
Boyd
Jerome
Columbia School of Mines
New York
Marcus Daly
Senator Clark