Where: South Dakota · approx. 44.35, -103.77 (vicinity only)
Why this spot: 1880s+ Sanborn-mapped town on Gold Run Creek at the head of Deadwood Gulch; the Homestake lode-mining town
What turns up: Hardrock company-town refuse around the Homestake works and the crowded miners' housing: dug bottles, ceramics, mine and mill hardware, carbide and blasting-cap tins, and privy fill on the steep lots shown on the 1885 sheet.
Access: Gray area.
Gold Run Creek's bed below the ordinary high-water mark is state public trust with restricted artifact removal; the town sits on patented Homestake mining-claim and private ground requiring owner permission, with federal protection over sites older than 100 years on any adjacent National Forest land.
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Satellite view, historic-map overlays, tide/flow context and field notes are in the app. Exact research detail is part of Pro.
Pins are approximate by design. This page is historical research, not permission to dig. Check ownership and local law first.