Ruby Hill Project is an open pit gold mine and ore processing
                        facility 1.6 km northwest of Eureka and 386 km east of Reno,
                        Nevada. Wholly owned by Homestake Mining, it produced
                        123,800 oz of gold in 1999 at an average cash cost of
                        US$104/oz. The workforce is around 100 people.

Proven reserves are 6.9 Mt grading 3.39 g/t Au. The reserves
includes high grade material of 1.77 Mt at 7.99 g/t Au and lower
grade material of 5.14 Mt at 1.82 g/t Au.

The pit

The crushing operation

View of the top of the heap leach pad (hose is for delivering sodium cyanide solution  onto the ore).