For Erin Woodward, a Black Hills native, a college internship at SURF opened her eyes to the deep roots of the Homestake Gold Mine, the very site the laboratory now calls home.

The Wharf Mine, South Dakota's only active large-scale gold mine, reached an eight-year high in gold production in 2024. Production at South Dakota’s only active, large-scale gold mine climbed to its ...

When Lakota artist Marty Two Bulls Jr. looks at the Black Hills of South Dakota ... the most visible scar on the mountains. The former gold mine beneath is another, and that's what motivated ...

Black Pine, a past-producing open-pit heap leach mine, operated from 1991 to 1997. During that period, then owner Pegasus Gold produced 435,000 oz. of gold and 189,000 oz. of silver from five open ...