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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Miner-turned-dairy farmer makes Deadwood’s biggest gold strike
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SCOUTING YESTERDAY | Miner-turned-dairy farmer makes Deadwood’s biggest gold strike

This week in South Dakota history: Oct. 4-10

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Investors inspect the Hidden Fortune claim near Deadwood. Photo: Rapid City Journal

Deadwood pioneer Otto Grantz made the find of a lifetime 125 years ago.

According to the Oct. 5, 1899, edition of The Brookings Register, Grantz estimated his discovery had produced $50,000 of gold ore in just a few days, reportedly said to create more excitement than any other before in the Black Hills.

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