July 27, 2007
With Private Money, South Dakota Comes First in Quest for Underground National Lab
About a year ago, a philanthropist in Sioux Falls, S.D., pledged $70-million toward an underground national laboratory with the stipulation that the National Science Foundation choose South Dakota for the site.
T. Denny Sanford, owner of First Premier Bank and Premier Bankcard, had his wish granted when the NSF announced earlier this month that it had picked an abandoned gold mine in Lead, S.D., as the preferred site. Construction at the Homestake Mine, which is expected to cost about
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