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The Homestake Mining Company was one of the largest gold mining businesses in the United States from the 19th century through the beginning of the 21st. It was merged into the Canadian-based Barrick Gold Corporation in 2002. Homestake's first and most famous operation was the Homestake Mine in Lead, South Dakota. George Hearst, Lloyd Tevis, and James Ben Ali Haggin, bought the Homestake Mine property from its discoverers for $70,000, and incorporated the Homestake Mining Company, on 5 Nov. 1877, to operate it. They began selling shares in 1879 on the New York Stock Exchange, the first mining stock ever listed.〔Bronson, W., and Watkins, T.H., 1977, Homestake, San Francisco: Homestake Mining Company〕 Homestake would become the longest-listed stock in the history of the New York Stock Exchange. The company diversified in the 1950s, operating or becoming the major investor in the Buick Mine, Compania Minera del Madrigal, Bulldog Mine, and United Nuclear-Homestake Partners. Subsidiary income amounted to $83 million of Homestake's $135 million in 1976.〔 ==History== The Homestake Mining Company started with ten acres in 1877. Through land purchases and acquisitions of the Highland, Deadwood, Terra, Caledonia, and Father De Smet Mining Companies, the land area was increased to two thousand six hundred and twenty-four acres. The mine created forty-one miles of underground trams. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Homestake Mining Company」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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