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Every order received by BlackHillsGoldSource is processed for payment and then forwarded to Landstroms shipping department to be filled. If your item is in stock, it will typically ship the next day (Monday through Friday) via UPS Ground, unless you specified expedited shipping on the online order page. If your item is not in stock, then it will take approximately eight working days (again Monday-Friday) for Landstroms to build your item for you, regardless of the shipping method selected. We will notify you by email with an estimated ship date within 24 hours of receiving your order if your item is not in stock. Read more…

Yes, we accept personal checks for your Black Hills Gold order, but it can take up to eleven days after receipt before your check clears. We also accept Visa, Master Card, American Express and Discover, as well as PayPal. You can set up a secure PayPal account by following this link: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_registration-run

Setting up a PayPal account is very simple to do and once set up, you can also use this account for eBay and other online sites, or to send cash to anyone with an email address. If you prefer to send a personal check for payment of your order, please call us at 605-221-6120 or email us at info@BlackHillsGoldSource.com for details and mailing instructions.

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It’s plain old good sense to be careful about with whom you share your personal and financial information. We want you to know that you can shop online at BlackHillsGoldSource.com with utmost confidence that you personal information is safe and secure. We have partnered with Authorize.Net, a leading payment gateway since 1996, to offer safe and secure credit card transactions for our customers. The company adheres to strict industry standards for payment processing, including state of the art encryption hardware and software.

Our website is also certified by Trustwave. The Trustwave “Trusted Commerce” seal on our website demonstrates the steps we’ve have taken to protect our customers. It helps show our website’s PCI DSS compliance and the use of a Trustwave SSL certificate to encrypt credit card information.

We respect your privacy and we will NEVER sell or distribute your personal information for ANY reason, or use it for any other purpose other than authorized by you, our valued customer. If you would still like to place your order over the telephone, just call us at 605-221-6120 Monday through Friday. Only buy Black Hills Gold from a name you can trust.

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BlackHillsGoldSource offers a complete selection of Landstroms Black Hills Gold jewelry, but we’ll also work with customers who have special needs for custom items such as mounting an heirloom stone on a Black Hills Gold wedding ring, or creating a matching earring from an existing pendant design. However, every request for custom work must first be submitted to Landstroms for their Custom Order Department to review. If Landstroms feels they can do the work without compromising the quality of the original design, then they will respond with an estimate of the cost, typically within a few days. Read more…

The first gold found in the Black Hills was on July 27, 1874 when a miner in Custer’s 7th Cavalry named Horatio N. Ross discovered it in French Creek in the Black Hills of South Dakota. This discovery eventually led to the Black Hills gold rush of the late 1800’s, which has been referred to by many historians as the last great American gold rush. It also brought a number of jewelry makers to the area and in 1878, a man named S.T. Butler opened the first Black Hills Gold jewelry manufacturing store in Deadwood, South Dakota. Over the years, the company was split into various different jewelry companies until 1944 when Ivan Landstrom bought back all of the components making Landstrom’s the sole owner of all the original Black Hills Gold designs. So Landstroms is the Read more…