HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY
4.49 OUNCE .999 PURE SILVER INGOT BAR
BAR FACE: CIRULAR HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY STAMPED LOGO TOP; DATE "1970", SERIAL NUMBER "1730", "4.49 OZ", 999.0" AND "FINE" STAMPED BENEATH.
THE HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY WAS FOUNDED BY MINING LEGEND, AMERICAN BUSINESS TYCOON AND U.S. SENATOR, GEORGE HEARST (1820-1891), THE FATHER OF WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST. THE HOMESTAKE MINE NEAR THE TOWN OF LEAD, IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA, WAS PURCHASED BY HEARST, HAGGIN, TEVIS & CO. FROM THE DISCOVERERS, FOUNDING THE HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY TO OPERATE IT. HEARST AND HIS PARTNERS BEGAN SELLING SHARES IN 1879, AND THE COMPANY BECAME THE LONGEST LISTED STOCK OFFERING ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE. HEARST'S ACQUISITION OF THE HOMESTAKE GOLD MINE WAS DRAMATIZED IN THE HBO SERIES DEADWOOD. HE WAS ALSO HEAVILY INVOLVED IN THE COMSTOCK LOAD IN CALIFORNIA, THE OPHIR SILVER MINE IN NEVADA, THE ANACONDA COPPER MINE IN MONTANA AND THE ONTARIO SILVER MINE IN UTAH.
THE HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY'S HOMESTAKE MINE YIELDED A MASSIVE ORE DEPOSIT AND WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST, DEEPEST (8,000 FEET) AND LONGEST OPERATING GOLD MINES IN THE UNITED STATES. IT RAN FROM THE END OF THE 19th CENTURY TO THE BEGINNING OF THE 21st, AND WAS ACTIVE UNTIL 2002,. IN THAT SAME YEAR, THE COMPANY WAS MERGED WITH THE CANADIAN BARRICK MINING CORP.
CONTAINS 139.5 GRAMS OF .999 FINE SILVER (4.49 OZ ASW)
53 MM IN LENGTH, 30 MM IN WIDTH AND 7 MM IN DEPTH
