Ladies Black Hills Gold Rings

November 16, 2008

Ladies Black Hills Gold Rings are a unique and stunning original American art form first created in the 1870’s in the Black Hills of South Dakota. They feature leaves, grape clusters and vines, made from “pink gold” and “green gold”, usually surrounding a central feature. The pink color is created by combining gold and copper, and the green color comes from adding Sterling Silver to gold. Legally, any piece of jewelry that is described as “Black Hills Gold” must be manufactured in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Although rumors of gold in the Black Hills had circulated in North America for decades, Brevet Major General George Armstrong Custer of the 7th US Cavalry led an expedition into the Black Hills in 1874 and discovered gold in French Creek in the Southern Black Hills. An official announcement of the presence of gold was made through newspaper reporters who accompanied the expedition.

From 1880 on, the gold mines yielded about $4,000,000 annually, and the silver mines about $3,000,000 annually.

Unlike the rest of the Dakotas, the Black Hills were settled primarily from population centers to the west and south of the region, as miners flocked there from earlier gold boom locations in Colorado and Montana.

The gold history of South Dakota is preserved in the Black Hills Gold Rings and other jewelry that has been produced from the 1870′s to the present day.

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