SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                         Washington, D. C. 20549



                                 Form 8-K



                              CURRENT REPORT


                     Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
                    THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934


                  Date of Report:  August 16, 1994





                          BLACK HILLS CORPORATION



State of South Dakota       File Number 1-7978       IRS Number 46-0111677





                               625 Ninth Street
                        Rapid City, South Dakota  57709



                 Registrant's telephone number (605) 348-1700


Item 5.     Other Events

     The Registrant announced that its coal mining subsidiary, Wyodak
Resources Development Corp., has announced the formation of a subsidiary,
WYGEN, Inc., a Wyoming corporation.
     WYGEN, Inc. is an exempt wholesale generator (EWG) as authorized by
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 and will engage exclusively in the business
of owning or operating, or both owning and operating eligible electric
generating facilities and selling electric energy at wholesale.
     To successfully construct and operate an EWG project, long-term
electric power sale contracts are required to obtain the necessary
nonrecourse financing.  WYGEN, Inc. has not obtained any long-term power
sale contracts but, in order to be in a position to timely compete for such
sales, has determined to obtain an air quality permit to construct the
WYGEN Plant, an 80 MW mine-mouth, coal-fired electric generating plant, to
be constructed next to Neil Simpson Unit #2, an identical plant being
constructed by the Registrant near Gillette, Wyoming.
     Construction of the WYGEN Plant will not commence and WYGEN, Inc. will
not incur substantial costs until and unless long-term power sale contracts
are obtained, justifying the construction.
     Attached is the news release of the Registrant and is made a part
hereof by express reference.


Item 7(c)  Exhibits

                     Exhibit 99  Black Hills Corporation News Release 
                                 announcing the formation of a new          
                                 subsidiary named WYGEN, an exempt          
                                 wholesale generator.







     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by
the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                                        BLACK HILLS CORPORATION



                                        By /s/DALE E. CLEMENT              
                                           Dale E. Clement, Senior Vice 
                                                President - Finance


Dated:  August 16, 1994