Why is Black Hills Gold so special?

Original Black Hills Gold is a unique American art form created the way it was originally made... by hand. No two pieces are alike. Black Hills Gold is a style, a trademark, a tradition of jewelry incorporating a basic design of wild grape clusters with vines and leaves of pink, green and yellow.

Is Black Hills Gold good quality?

Black Hills Gold Jewelry is made out of the finest materials with the highest quality gemstones. All our gemstones and Diamonds are hand selected for color, cut, clarity and quality.

Is Black Hills Gold considered real gold?

Pure 24 Karat gold bars, and stocks of pure silver and copper are the basic materials.

Is there any gold left in the Black Hills?

There's currently only one active, large-scale gold mine in the Black Hills — the Wharf Mine near Lead.

How much gold was actually found in the Black Hills?

Hard rock mines brought cash and businesses like timbering and railroads to the area. Silver, mica, feldspar, and tin were mined in the hills, but gold reigned. More than 50 million ounces of gold came from the Black Hills.

The History of Black Hills Gold

Are there diamonds in the Black Hills?

The Diamond Mica mine south of the Hugo has long been a favorite of Black Hills collectors where “fine hexagonal and diamond shaped single crystals” occur. Other notable mica mines are the Old Mike, St. Louis, Firestone, and the Galesburg.

What is the biggest lump of gold ever found?

Considered by most authorities to be the biggest gold nugget ever found, the Welcome Stranger was found at Moliagul, Victoria, Australia, in 1869 by John Deason and Richard Oates. It weighed gross, over 2,520 troy ounces (78 kg; 173 lb) and returned over 2,284 troy ounces (71.0 kg; 156.6 lb) net.

Can I pan for gold in the Black Hills?

Most of the National Forests in the western states are open to prospecting and mining, including panning for gold. It is important that you recognize the following: Within the boundaries of most National Forests there is considerable privately-owned land.

Why does Black Hills Gold look different?

"Different alloys are added to get the different colored gold. So, to get the green leaves, they're a mixture of 50% gold and 40% silver and 10% zinc. Our pink leaves are 50% gold and 50% copper, so those different colored alloys are added to get different colored golds."

Why is gold only found in the mountains?

Fractures form in Earth's crust as mountains rise.

Hydrothermal fluids flow into these spaces and form gold-bearing quartz veins. These fluids are created by hot, deeply buried metamorphic rocks. The Mother Lode and other deposits of the Sierra Nevada gold belt in California are examples.

What place has the purest gold?

No country in the world has 100 percent pure gold with absolutely no other alloys added—a goal that's virtually impossible to achieve, given how soft this precious metal is in its natural form.

How pure is Black Hills Gold?

The finished jewelry known as Black Hills Gold must be produced here in the Black Hills of South Dakota. The pure 24 Karat yellow gold is alloyed with exact percentages of other metals to achieve a more durable karat quality of 10K, 12K or 14K, and used for ring shanks and the base of other items.

How can you tell if Black Hills Gold is real?

It is required by law that all Black Hills Gold received a stamp of the Manufacture on every piece of Black Hills Gold. This stamp is very small, use a magnifying glass to best see the stamp. The stamps are usually located inside a ring on it's band, on a pendant's back or earring's back.

Which brand gold is best?

Which gold quality is best?

24 Karat Gold: 24K gold signifies 99.9 percent purity and also called pure gold as it doesn't contain traces of any other metals. One should know that there is no higher form of gold than 24K.

What is the best quality of gold to buy?

The highest karat of gold is 24K gold. 24 karat gold is 100% pure and doesn't contain any other metals, making it the purest gold available. This means that it has zero impurities and is usually softer than lower karats—10K and 14K. There are many different karat levels of gold.

What makes Black Hills unique?

The Black Hills are in western South Dakota and northeastern Wyoming, covering an area 125 miles long and 65 miles wide. They encompass rugged rock formations, canyons and gulches, open grassland parks, tumbling streams, deep blue lakes, and unique caves.

What is the difference between Rose Gold and Black Hills Gold?

The 12 karat rose gold leaf is 12 parts copper and 12 parts gold to create the rose gold. The green leaf on Black Hills Gold is 12 karat green gold and is made with 12 parts silver and 12 parts gold. This is a process from the French, during the 1400's they developed this gold alloying technique.

What was special about the Black Hills?

The Black Hills are home to two National monuments.

One of America's most famous monuments, Mount Rushmore, and another lesser known monument, the Crazy Horse Memorial. Construction on Crazy Horse began in 1948 and it is still far from complete.

Can you get rich gold panning?

Gold panning does have a great deal of potential in becoming a very profitable pastime, and in order to be good at it, you need to learn skills that will give you the knowledge of where and how to pan for gold. The better you get at these skills, the more likely you will find those hidden treasures.

Who found gold in Black Hills?

Horatio Ross accompanied General George Custer on the 1874 Black Hills Expedition and discovered gold on French Creek near what is now Custer, SD.

How was gold discovered in Black Hills?

Since Colonel George Custer's expedition of 1874 confirmed the presence of gold in French Creek, (near present-day Custer, SD) word spread quickly and triggered the Black Hills Gold Rush.

How much would a 72 kg gold nugget be worth?

the largest 72kg gold nugget ever found (called the Welcome Stranger), today this nugget would be worth approximately $4.5M USD, discovered by two miners John Deason and Richard Oates on February 5, 1869, near Moliagul, in the state of Victoria, Australia. HO Ching and 18,472 others like this.

Does the earth keep producing gold?

Since the planet has a finite supply of gold, running out of the natural resource is conceivable. According to US Geological Survey estimates, there is only about 52,000 tons of mineable gold still in the ground.