George Hearst
American politician
Born on: September 3, 1820Died on: February 28, 1891
Aged: 70 years 178 days (845 months)
Birth Sign: Virgo
George Hearst 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.
In 1879, he listed it on the New York Stock Exchange and went on to other pursuits. The mine's gold production continued uninterrupted until 2001.
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