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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
 
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                                    FORM 8-K
 
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                                 CURRENT REPORT
 
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
                                DECEMBER 9, 1996
                       (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)
 
                            HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY
             (EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)
 

                                                                      
           DELAWARE                                1-8736                       94108-2788
(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION OF                  (COMMISSION                (I.R.S. EMPLOYER
INCORPORATION OR ORGANIZATION)                   FILE NUMBER)                IDENTIFICATION NO.)

         650 CALIFORNIA STREET                                               94108-2788
       SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA                                             (ZIP CODE)
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICE)

 
      Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (415) 981-8150
 
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                   EXHIBIT INDEX IS ON PAGE 4 OF THIS FILING
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ITEM 5.  OTHER EVENTS
 
     On December 9, 1996, Homestake Mining Company ("Homestake") gave a slide
presentation to Homestake and Santa Fe Pacific Gold Corporation ("Santa Fe")
shareholders with respect to the combination of Homestake and Santa Fe. A copy
of the slide presentation is filed as Exhibit 20(a) and is incorporated herein
by reference. In addition, Homestake has revised the slide from the January 15,
1997, Homestake management slide presentation to Homestake and Santa Fe
shareholders which shows complex ore processed (1990-1995) to correct certain
information in such slide. A copy of the revised slide is filed as Exhibit
20(b), and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.
 
(c) Exhibits
 

     
 20(a)  Homestake management slide presentation to Homestake and Santa Fe
        shareholders dated December 9, 1996.
 20(b)  Revised slide from the January 15, 1997, Homestake management slide
        presentation to Homestake and Santa Fe shareholders.

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                                   SIGNATURES
 
     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.
 
                                          HOMESTAKE MINING COMPANY,
 
                                          By: /s/ WAYNE KIRK
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                                          Name: Wayne Kirk
                                          Title: Vice President,
                                             General Counsel and
                                             Corporate Secretary
 
DATED: January 29, 1997
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                                 EXHIBIT INDEX
 


EXHIBIT
       
  20(a)   Homestake management slide presentation to Homestake and Santa Fe shareholders dated
          December 9, 1996.
  20(b)   Revised slide from the January 15, 1997, Homestake management slide presentation to
          Homestake and Santa Fe shareholders.