Homestake Mine (South Dakota) - Wikipedia
The Homestake Mine was a deep underground gold mine located in Lead, South Dakota.Until it closed in 2002 it was the largest and deepest gold mine in North America.The mine produced more than forty million troy ounces (43,900,000 oz; 1,240,000 kg) of gold during its lifetime. This is about 70.75 m 3 or a volume of gold roughly equal to 18 677 gallons (a cube with each side being roughly 4.14 ...