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Black Hills Gold Berg Jewelry carries three black hills gold manufacturing company's. Coleman Black Hills Gold Jewelry, Rushmore Black Hills Gold Jewelry, Gold Diggers Black Hills Gold Jewelry. We have two black hills gold jewelry stores located on Main St. Deadwood, South Dakota.

Black Hills Gold jewelry is hand crafted in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Bright yellow gold is combined with green , pink grape leaves and gold grape clusters made from green gold and pink gold. Legend has it that the first Black Hills Gold jewelry was crafted by a gold smith named Henri Le Beau. He had been born in France and studied under European gold smiths. Henri came to the United States, where in New York he hoped to further his craft with American gold smiths. After several years of study he heard of the gold rush in California where rumor gold nuggets as large as your fist were being found. That was where Henri wanted to be, where the gold was plentiful and he could practice the art of jewelry making. He joined a wagon and headed west. Near the Badlands of South Dakota the wagon came under attack and Henri found himself separated from the train and his belongings. After wandering around for days without food or water Henri found himself at the end of his rope stumbling around after nightfall. He passed into a sleep in which he had a vision of the babbling brooks and vineyards. Upon awakening Henri found he had fallen asleep near a small creek and was surrounded by grapes. With fresh water at hand and grapes for food, Henri was rejuvenated. He followed the creek and found his way to the Deadwood and Lead area of the Black Hills. At that time Deadwood and Lead were they had a gold rush of their own. Some of you may have heard of the days of ’76 word of the gold strike spread like wildfire bringing with it hundreds of small mining claims. Henri never became much of a prospector, but he did make his mark on the area. With some of his remaining money he bought gold from more successful prospectors. In commemoration of his good luck in finding food that saved his life, Henri made jewelry adorned with grape clusters and leaves in a three color design. Henri’s luck continued with his new jewelry design which became very popular among the prospectors. Jewelry made in the Black Hills with grape leaves and grape clusters have come to be known as Black Hills Gold jewelry. The gold rush brought with it some of the west’s most famous characters such as Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Potato Creek Johnny. Even the renowned Buffalo Bill Cody is said to have traveled through the Black Hills on his way to Cody, Wyoming. Over the years many of the small mining claims were acquired by the Homestake Mine. The original claim filed in April, 1876. For most of the next century the Homestake Mine in Lead was one of the most productive, richest and largest gold mines in the world. Homestake produced about 350,000 ounces of gold per year over its operating lifespan of 125 years. Officially the Homestake gold mine closed in 2001. At that time it had reached more than 8,000 feet into the earth to bring up its gold.

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