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George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) was an American businessman, politician, and patriarch of the Hearst business dynasty. After growing up on a small farm in Missouri, he founded many mining operations, and is known for developing and expanding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
May 6, 2019 · George Hearst was born in 1820, to a debt-ridden Franklin County, Missouri, farming family, and grew up without the benefit of much formal schooling. However, the French miners at the local lead mines allowed George and his friends to “prospect.”
George Hearst was a self-made millionaire with a knack for mining that would lead to success across the American West. Born near Sullivan, Missouri, on September 3, 1820, to William and Elizabeth Collins Hearst, George was the oldest of three children.
George Hearst was born and raised in Franklin County, Missouri in 1820. Growing up he received very little in the way of formal education but he did learn a lot about the so-called “lay of the land,” particularly with regard to mining. He observed copper mining, which was well established in Missouri.
May 29, 2018 · George Hearst (1820-1891), American publisher and U.S. senator, began as a prospector and acquired vast claims in gold and copper mines. George Hearst was born on Sept. 3, 1820, in Franklin County, Mo. His boyhood work in the Missouri lead mines induced him to enroll in the Franklin County Mining School. He graduated in 1838.
George Hearst was an American business owner, miner, politician and a member of the United States Senate. Having been raised on a small farm in Missouri, he set up several mining operations. He garnered fame for founding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Mar 21, 2022 · Book Review: George Hearst / Silver King of the Gilded Age. Matthew Bernstein provides the first full-length biography of Western mining magnate George Hearst. George Hearst: Silver King of the Gilded Age, by Matthew Bernstein, University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, 2021, $55.
