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Golden Reward

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:50.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Golden Reward
SCARCE! First Mortgage, 8% Bond. 1892. Never issued. In the 1870’s and 1880’s, men came to the Black Hills to strike it rich, staking their individual mining claim. In fact, although no real mining was ever done on this land, Powder House Pass is an accumulation of over 120 mining claims. Many have unique names such as Overdraft, Cleopatra, Gertrude, Poorman, What’s Left Fraction, Some Left Fraction, Sol Star Lodes, and all have their own history. Most mining claims in the Hills were eventually purchased by large mining interests, and many mine ownerships were transferred from one to another before Golden Reward Mining Company took over the ownership of what is now Powder House Pass. The original Golden Reward Company was organized in 1887 in the Ruby Basin district at the base of Terry Peak. The holdings were increased late in 1897 and the company was reorganized as the Golden Reward Consolidated Gold Mining & Milling Company. The property at that time contained more than 440 patented claims or about 3,400 acres of land. Early in 1895, the Golden Reward Mining Company showed, as the product of six days work, a flat brick worth $17,000 (Kingsbury, 1915). By 1901, it was estimated that eight million dollars’ worth of gold had been taken out of the Black Hills region. Golden Reward ranked second with $1.2 million behind the $4.3 million of Homestake Mining Company located in Lead, South Dakota. This standing continued until 1918 when high costs, as a result of World War I, caused Golden Reward to close.

Date: 1892City: DeadwoodCounty: LawrenceState: SD