It was one of the deepest and largest in , and it operated for over a century, from 1876 to 2002. The produced over 40 million ounces of during its lifetime. While gold was the primary focus of early mining in the , other were also extracted from the region over time, including silver, copper, lead, zinc, tin, mica, and various .

As the most accessible and easily extracted deposits were depleted,

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This last fact mattered little to Custer or any other non-Natives. The influx of settlers trespassing in search of gold quickly led to the of 1876 β€” and eventually, happily, to Custer's death at (or , as it’s known in settler parlance).

One of the most famous and productive gold mines in the Black Hills was the , located near the town of .

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