As Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 25, 1996
Registration No. 33-54329
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
POST EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 1
FORM S-3
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
SOUTH DAKOTA 46-0111677
(State or other jurisdiction of (I.R.S. Employer
incorporation or organization) Identification No.)
625 NINTH STREET, P. O. BOX 1400, RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 57709
(605) 348-1700
(Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of registrant's principal executive offices)
DALE E. CLEMENT
Senior Vice President--Finance
Black Hills Corporation
625 Ninth Street
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701
(605) 348-1700
(Name, address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
of agent for service)
COPIES TO
DAVID E. MORRILL
Morrill Thomas & Nooney LLP
625 Ninth Street, P. O. Box 8108
Rapid City, South Dakota 57709-8108
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BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
Deregistration of Unsold First Mortgage Bonds
Pursuant to its Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.
33-54329), Black Hills Corporation registered $100,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of its First Mortgage Bonds. At the date of this Post-Effective
Amendment, $10,000,000 aggregate principal amount of First Mortgage Bonds
registered under the above-referenced Registration Statement remain unsold.
Black Hills Corporation hereby deregisters the First Mortgage Bonds not sold
pursuant to such Registration Statement.
SIGNATURE
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the
Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration
Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, in the City of Rapid City, State of South Dakota on July 25, 1996.
BLACK HILLS CORPORATION
/S/ DALE E. CLEMENT
Dale E. Clement
(SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT-FINANCE)
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-
Effective Amendment No. 1 to Registration Statement has been signed by the
following persons on July 25, 1996 in the capacities indicated.
/S/ DANIEL P. LANDGUTH Director and Principal Executive Officer
Daniel P. Landguth
(Chairman, President and Chief
Executive)
/S/ DALE E. CLEMENT Director and Principal Financial Officer
Dale E. Clement
(Senior Vice President - Finance)
/S/ GARY R. FISH Principal Accounting Officer
Gary R. Fish
(Controller)
/S/ GLENN C. BARBER Director
Glenn C. Barber
/S/ BRUCE B. BRUNDAGE Director
Bruce B. Brundage
/S/ KIRK E. DEAN Director
Kirk E. Dean
Director
Michael B. Enzi
/S/ JOHN R. HOWARD Director
John R. Howard
/S/ EVERETT E. HOYT Director
Everett E. Hoyt
/S/ KAY S. JORGENSEN Director
Kay S. Jorgensen
