BLACK HILLS GOLD JEWELRY

Black Hills Gold jewelry is an original American art formgold can be poured into. This creates a casting in 10
created in the 1870's in the Black Hills of South Dakota.karat gold.
The design utilizes leaves, grape clusters and vines,Beginning with 24 karat* gold bars, alloys of 12 karat
made from "pink gold" and "green gold", to surroundgold are rolled into sheets of gold. Leaves and other
the main focal point of each piece. The pink color iscomponent parts are punched out of these gold
made by combining gold with copper, and the delicatesheets and are then individually hand-soldered to the
green color is achieved by adding sterling silver withcasted gold frame. Depending on the design, select
gold.pieces of Landstrom's are dipped in liquid 24 karat gold
By law, any piece of jewelry bearing the descriptionto create a bright eye-catching finish.
"Black Hills Gold" must be manufactured in the Black"Wriggling" is a handcrafted finishing method that
Hills of South Dakota.creates the rich frosty depth in Landstrom's leaves.
While there are several manufacturers of authenticThe veins of each leaf are then meticulously hand
Black Hills Gold jewelry, Landstrom's is the oldest andengraved to produce unique light-catching prismatic
most famous. Landstrom's roots date back to 1878cuts.
when S.T. Butler, trained by French prospector andFrom the first step to the final inspection, each piece of
goldsmith Henri LeBeau, opened the first Black HillsLandstrom's Original Black Hills Gold reflects the skills
Gold jewelry manufacturing store with his son, Georgeof up to 50 different highly trained artisans.
M. Butler in Deadwood, South Dakota. In 1919, the* What's the difference between a Karat and a
company was divided into two companies, the F.L.Carat?
Thorpe Company and the Black Hills JewelryA Karat is a unit of measure for the fineness of gold,
Manufacturing Company. In 1944 Ivan Landstromequal to 1/24 of the total amount of pure gold in an
bought the Black Hills Jewelry Manufacturing Companyalloy. Thus, 24k is pure gold. A Carat is a unit weight
and in 1995 Black Hills Gold history went full circle whenfor precious stone, equal to 200 milligrams.
Landstrom's acquired the F.L. Thorpe CompanyNo two pieces of Landstrom's Original Black Hills Gold
making Landstrom's the sole owner of all the originaljewelry are alike as each is hand made. Each piece of
Black Hills Gold designs.Landstrom's jewelry reflects great pride in
The jewelry-making process (courtesy Landstrom'scraftsmanship by talented artisans with skills taught by
): Each new design begins with atheir predecessors over 100 years ago. Landstrom's
two-dimensional drawing and becomes ahas been admired and sought after for over a century.
three-dimensional design carved in wax. The wax isGypsies traveling through South Dakota in the 1950's
surrounded by a plaster-like substance and whenstarted a legend which says, "To one who wears the
heated, the wax melts and leaves a void that moltenBlack Hills Gold, good luck and fortune will unfold.