The brothers Albrecht are building more Aldi Stores on Main Street, U.S.A. August von Finck just upped his stake in San Francisco- based Homestake Mining.

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The son of a semi-literate 49er who struck it rich, young Hearst went to Harvard on a fortune founded upon Anaconda copper and Homestake gold.

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The Homestake mine has solved big mysteries before.

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