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Mens Black Hills Gold Ring

November 16, 2008

Mens Black Hills Gold Rings are an 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.

During the 1875–1878 gold rush, thousands of miners went to the Black Hills; in 1880, the area was the most densely populated part of Dakota Territory. There were three large towns in the Northern Hills: Deadwood, Central City, and Lead. Around these lay groups of smaller gold camps, towns, and villages. Hill City and Custer City sprang up in the Southern Hills, and railroads were already reaching the previously remote area. 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 Mens Black Hills Gold Rings and other jewelry that has been produced from the 1870′s to the present day.

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