George Hearst (September 3, 1820 – February 28, 1891) 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 .

May 6, 2019 · George Hearst was broke when he struck gold for the first time in California in 1857. When he died in 1891, the mining magnate’s estimated worth was between $200 and $400 million.

George Hearst was a self-made millionaire with a knack for mining that would lead to success across the American West. Born near Sullivan, Missouri, on September 3, 1820, to William and Elizabeth Collins Hearst, George was the oldest of three children.

George Hearst was an American business owner, miner, politician and a member of the United States Senate. Having been raised on a small farm in Missouri, he set up several mining operations. He garnered fame for founding the Homestake Mine in the late 1870s in the Black Hills of South Dakota.

George Hearst was born and raised in Franklin County, Missouri in 1820. Growing up he received very little in the way of formal education but he did learn a lot about the so-called “lay of the land,” particularly with regard to mining. He observed copper …

May 29, 2018 · George Hearst (1820-1891), American publisher and U.S. senator, began as a prospector and acquired vast claims in gold and copper mines. George Hearst was born on Sept. 3, 1820, in Franklin County, Mo.

George Hearst (1820 – 1891) was a successful prospector during the Gold Rush. He was born in Missouri into a family of farmers. He went west during the Gold Rush. By the 1860s he owned many copper and silver mines. His mining business grew bigger. In 1880 he bought the San Francisco Examiner to promote his political opinions and himself.

George Randolph Hearst Sr. (April 23, 1904 – January 26, 1972) was an American heir and media executive. He was the son of media magnate William Randolph Hearst, and the vice president of the Hearst Corporation.

He was born in a log cabin on his father's 800-acre farm near Sullivan, Missouri. His father struggled to make ends meet but his grandfather was an Irishman who came from South Carolina via Illinois to Missouri and died as one of the wealthiest men in Meramec Township.

George Hearst, a prospector with no formal education, became a multi-millionaire as a shrewd investor in mines of the Comstock Lode. He went on to become a United States Senator and to found the building blocks for the Hearst Publishing empire.