Download or read book The Primitive Uses of Gold and Methods of Gold Mining written by D. A. Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Getting Gold written by Joseph Colin Francis Johnson and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2012-11-25 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book for people with an innate curiosity and desire to learn about one of the oldest fascinations in human history. Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth. It is impossible to know the exact date that humans first began to mine gold, but some of the oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria. The graves of the necropolis were built between 4700 and 4200 BC, indicating that gold mining could be at least 7000 years old. Gold objects are plentiful in the Bronze age, especially in Ireland and Spain, and there are several well-known possible sources. Romans used hydraulic mining methods, such as hushing and ground sluicing on a large scale to extract gold from extensive alluvial deposits, such as those at Las Medulas. Mining was under the control of the state but the mines may have been leased to civilian contractors some time later. The gold served as the primary medium of exchange within the empire, and was an important motive in the Roman invasion of Britain by Claudius in the first century A.D., although there is only one known Roman gold mine at Dolaucothi in west Wales. Gold was a prime motivation for the campaign in Dacia when the Romans invaded Transylvania in what is now modern Romania in the second century A.D. The legions were led by the emperor Trajan, and their exploits are shown on Trajan's Column in Rome and the several reproductions of the column elsewhere (such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London). Under the Eastern Roman Empire Emperor Justinian's rule, gold was mined in Balkans, Anatolia, Armenia, Egypt, and Nubia. Gold was first mined in the area of the Kolar Gold Fields (KGF) in Bangarpet Taluk of Kolar District of Karnataka state, India, prior to the 2nd and 3rd century A.D. by the digging of small pits. (Golden objects found in Harappa and Mohenjo-daro have been traced to KGF through impurities analysis-the impurities include 11% silver concentration, found only in KGF ore.) During the Chola period in the 9th and 10th century A.D., the scale of the operation grew. The tradition of mining gold started at least as early as the first millennium B.C. The Champion reef at the Kolar gold fields was mined to a depth of 50 metres (160 ft) during the Gupta period in the fifth century A.D. The metal continued to be mined by the eleventh century kings of South India, the Vijayanagara Empire from 1336 to 1560, and later by Tipu Sultan, the king of Mysore state and the British. It is estimated that the total gold production in Karnataka to date is 1000 tons. Mining of the Hungarian deposit primarily aroung Kremnitz were the last largest of the Medieval period in Europe. The discovery of gold in the Witwatersrand led to the Second Boer War and ultimately the founding of South Africa. The Carlin Trend of Nevada, U.S., was discovered in 1961. Official estimates indicate that total world gold production since the beginning of civilization has been 4.97 billion troy ounces and total Nevada production is three percent of that, which ranks Nevada as one of the Earth's primary gold producing regions. This is a great book to learn the processes of gold mining and will give you the tools to build your own small gold mine if you so please. Ever asked the question, ''how is gold mined?'', ''where to get goldwell'', well look no further. prospecting for gold? This is your goldmine!
Download or read book Gold and Gold Mining in Ancient Egypt and Nubia written by Rosemarie Klemm and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-13 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book presents the historical evolution of gold mining activities in the Egyptian and Nubian Desert (Sudan) from about 4000 BC until the Early Islamic Period (~800–1350 AD), subdivided into the main classical epochs including the Early Dynastic – Old and Middle Kingdoms – New Kingdom (including Kushitic) – Ptolemaic – Roman and Early Islamic. It is illustrated with many informative colour images, maps and drawings. An up to date comprehensive geological introduction gives a general overview on the gold production zones in the Eastern Desert of Egypt and northern (Nubian) Sudan, including the various formation processes of the gold bearing quartz veins mined in these ancient periods. The more than 250 gold production sites presented, are described both, from their archaeological (as far as surface inventory is concerned) and geological environmental conditions, resulting in an evolution scheme of prospection and mining methods within the main periods of mining activities. The book offers for the first time a complete catalogue of the many gold production sites in Egypt and Nubia under geological and archaeological aspects. It provides information about the importance of gold for the Pharaohs and the spectacular gold rush in Early Arab times.
Download or read book The History of a Lump of Gold written by Alexander Watt and published by Kessinger Publishing. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book Gold Mining in the Nineteen Nineties written by Dave McCracken and published by New Era Publications International Aps. This book was released on 2003-06-01 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GOLD MINING IN THE 1990's--This one book outlines EVERYTHING a beginner will need & want to know about getting started at gold mining today, either as a hobby or as a small-scale commercial activity. In easy to understand language, supported by clear photographs & graphic demonstrations, this book covers all of the important subjects--including what gold is & looks like, where it comes from & where to find it, how gold deposits & how to find & recover it, & also touches on the legal aspects of how to claim the gold for yourself. The book covers the up-to-date mining procedures of panning gold, sluicing, dredging, high-banking, drywashing, electronic probing, hardrock mining, basic refining techniques, cleaning procedures, selling gold, & much, much more. Herein lies the most comprehensive & thorough work on electronic prospecting techniques (locating gold with metal detectors) available in any publication on the market today. Virtually an encyclopedia of modern gold mining techniques, there is no other book available more up to date, more simple to understand, or which covers the entire subject as thoroughly as this manual.
Download or read book Gold Mining in North Carolina written by Richard F. Knapp and published by North Carolina Division of Archives & History. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first documented discovery of gold in the United States was in 1799 at John Reed's farm in Cabarrus County. This book traces the history of gold mining in North Carolina from that discovery to the twentieth century. The authors present case histories of John Reed and his mine and of the Gold Hill mining district in Rowan County, along with material on other gold mining activity in the state.
Download or read book Getting Gold A Practical Treatise for Prospectors Miners and Students written by J. C. F. Johnson and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-10 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Getting Gold by J.C.F. Johnson is a treatise for all those interested in modern ore mining. This book provides the principles and fundamental knowledge for all things gold mining. You will be fascinated by this novel's indispensable hard lessons from experts for beginner miners.
Download or read book The Ancient Gold Fields of Afric written by John M. Stuart and published by . This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.
Download or read book The Gold Industry and Gold Standard written by Hennen Jennings and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-25 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Gold Industry and Gold Standard Gold attracted the attention of primitive man by its color, lustre and indestructibility. The earliest mining and metallurgical operations of which traces remain were those in Egypt that dealt with the ores of gold. From pictorial rock carvings in upper Egypt, as also from Egyptian hieroglyphics, it is found that the search, desire, and use of gold extended back some 3000 to 4000 years before the Christian era. Starting with use as an ornament, gold soon became the trading counter and has been an emblem of value to the human race as far back as history extends. Appreciation of the value of gold has been maintained through the centuries by the difficulties connected with obtaining the metal. With early primitive methods, only the gold most abundant and easily worked and visible was first sought and this was found principally in alluvial deposits, but as knowledge, mechanical skill and tools and appliances were developed by the human race gold mining was extended to more difficult alluvial, vein, and lode deposits. Gold, when it became the counter of trade and a measure of possession, was the most eagerly sought of all possessions, and thus it became the pioneer and stimulant in mining, metallurgy and chemistry. The search for this precious metal became so intense that the alchemists sought its transmutation from other metals, which, though they failed to accomplish, won them other knowledge and gave birth to chemistry. The trading value of gold has been stabilized by history in that no superabundance was ever obtainable and it has always been necessary to expend labor and intelligence to an extent largely commensurate to the bartering value of the gold obtained. Accurate records do not exist of the actual outputs of gold in early times, but certainly they must have been small from a modern standpoint. Great outputs of gold, as of all other minerals, are a matter of recent times. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Primitive Use of Gold written by T. A. Rickard and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 39 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Practical Gold Mining written by Charles George Warnford Lock and published by Sagwan Press. This book was released on 2015-08-24 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Download or read book Practical Gold Mining written by Charles George Warnford Lock and published by Nabu Press. This book was released on 2014-01-05 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide. We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to ensure edition identification: ++++ Practical Gold-mining: A Comprehensive Treatise On The Origin And Occurrence Of Gold-bearing Gravels, Rocks, And Ores, And The Methods By Which The Gold Is Extracted Charles George Warnford Lock E. and F.N. Spon, 1889 Technology & Engineering; Mining; Gold mines and mining; Technology & Engineering / Mining
Download or read book The First Book of Gold written by Winifred Bruce Luhrmann and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the finding, mining, refining, and uses of gold and its significance in legend, history, and the modern world.
Download or read book The Story of Gold written by Edward Sherwood Mead and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Chemistry of Gold Extraction written by John Marsden and published by SME. This book was released on 2006 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Extensively revised and updated, this edition provides the broad base of knowledge required by all working in the gold extraction and gold processing industries. It bridges the gap between research and industry by emphasizing practical applications of chemical principles and techniques.
Download or read book California Notes written by Charles Beebe Turrill and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charles Beebe Turrill (1854-1927) was a California historian and promoter. California notes (1876) is a guide for travellers, offering details of the state's weather, geology, and vegetation as well as recommended travel routes, historical notes, business statistics, and sightseeing tips for visitors to San Francisco, Stockton, Calaveras County and its mammoth trees and caves, the gold mining district, and the Yosemite Valley.
