BROKEN BOOT MINE
Site — Deadwood, South Dakota
Status: Operating · Access: Open to public
Dossier: https://haunthunt.com/place/broken-boot-mine-deadwood-south-dakota/

The mine tour under Deadwood—the tunnels the miners dug.

Broken Boot Mine is a site in Deadwood, South Dakota. The mine tour under Deadwood—the tunnels the miners dug. Its accounts name only a collective — the miners. The dossier holds 2 reported claims, 1 legend, 1 documented fact and 1 named or described presence — documented record and retelling kept side by side. The site is open to visitors.

The Broken Boot is the Seim's — the '78 mine that the Norwegians dug, the 15,000 ounces that weren't much. The reopening was the '17 — the WWI sulfur that made it profitable, the '18 armistice that closed it. The boot was the find — the '54 renovation that discovered the name, the crushed boot that was the relic.
The candlelight is the tour — the ration that was three a day, the drifts that are walked. The panning is the souvenir — the 'share' of stock that's the gift, the gold that's the hope. The Broken Boot is the modest — the mine that wasn't the Homestake, the tourism that it became.
The file keeps the Broken Boot: the 1878 Seim's Mine, the '17 reopening, the '54 boot, and the candlelight tours.
The Broken Boot is the archive's Deadwood file — the modest mine.

WHY THIS FILE MATTERS
The Broken Boot is the archive's Deadwood file — the small mine's tour.
A mine keeps its boot — the file's suggestion being that the Broken Boot's hold is the modest: the 15,000 ounces that were little, the '54 discovery, and the candlelight that's the tour.

FILED CLAIMS — 2 on record, reported not verified
· [Investigation claim] apparition: Reported figures in the tunnels. The reports at Broken Boot Mine are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The claim comes from paranormal investigation work: suggestive results, no accepted proof. The account appears in 'Broken Boot'. It is the sighting the place is known for, and it hasn't stopped.
  source: Broken Boot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Boot_Gold_Mine)
· [Documented legend] named ghost legend: The miners are reportedly seen. Broken Boot Mine's file is thin on proof and long on persistence — the standard profile of American place-lore. It's a documented legend: the telling is real, the contents remain folklore. The name travels further than the proof; the sightings keep renewing the lease.
  source: Broken Boot (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Boot_Gold_Mine)

HISTORY — 1 documented facts
· The mine’s history is documented. A documented history gives the file real substance; this entry is part of that spine. The fact is historically verified — the part of the file that doesn't need hedging. The detail is preserved in 'Broken Boot'. It's the sort of fact that gives the haunting reports their context.

SOURCES — 1 cited
· Broken Boot — Wikipedia
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broken_Boot_Gold_Mine

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