OceanaGold Haile Gold Mine restores Kershaw’s historic schoolhouse
The Haile Gold Mine in Kershaw unveiled a refurbished school building it’s set up as meeting space. The building is more than a century old, and had some former students such as John Byrd, 96, in the light blue hat, who attended the ribbon cutting event on Oct. 22, 2026. KERSHAW — OceanaGold brought gold mining back to Kershaw a decade ago, but the company also went in search for the town’s history. That’s why, aside from mining for gold, OceanaGold Haile Gold Mine joined in preservation efforts for a century-old schoolhouse on the mine property. Company leaders unveiled the historic building, after moving it from the mine to the center of town, on Oct. 22. The school educated children in Kershaw from the 1910s to the 1950s. One of the returning pupils for the ribbon cutting was John Byrd, 96. “My brother and older sister and myself walked to school together,” he said. “Picked up…
