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Homestake Mine Hydro Plant 2 Spearfish Canyon South Dakota

The Homestake Mining Companys hydroelectric plant number 2 is located on Spearfish Creek, deep in the Spearfish Canyon, south of the city of Spearfish and Bridal Veil Falls. Spearfish Canyon is a creek carved gorge that is more ancient than the Grand Canyon and until 1893 was only accessible by horseback. Spearfish Canyons narrow 1,000 foot walls are among the most spectacular scenery in the Black Hills. The vast Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota was the companys first and most famous mine and it was mined from the
middle 1870s until 2002. The Homestake Mining Company was one of the largest gold mining operations in the United States from the 19th century through the beginning of the 21st century. The Hydro Plant 2 was constructed in 1917 and is now just a dormant facility sitting by the roadway that runs through the very scenic canyon. In 1947 a large landslide in Spearfish Canyon damaged the conduit to Hydro P...