Black Hills Pioneer

LEAD — From officially dedicating the Sanford Lab at the 4,850-foot level, to celebrating additional awards from the National Science Foundation for the DUSEL design, 2009 was a year of milestones and celebrations for both the project to build a state-run laboratory at the former Homestake gold mine and the proposal to build a deep underground science and engineering laboratory.

Throughout the year Sanford Lab Executive Director Ron Wheeler said the lab dropped the water level in the mine by about 400 feet.

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