The Homestake Gold Mine was operated by the Homestake Mining Company which founded Lead as a “company town” for its employees. Phoebe Hearst, wife of one of the principal founders was instrumental in making Lead more livable
The Homestake Gold Mine was operated by the Homestake Mining Company which founded Lead as a “company town” for its employees. Phoebe Hearst, wife of one of the principal founders was instrumental in making Lead more livable. She established the Hearst Free Public Library in town and in 1900, the Hearst Free Kindergarten. She donated regularly to Lead’s churches, and provided college scholarships to the children of the Miners and Mill Workers. In addition, she arranged for the Homestake Mining Company, Homestake O