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Kittilä mine is the biggest gold mine in Europe. Finland has the largest concentration and producer of gold in the European Union. [1] [2] The European mining industry has a long tradition. Although the continent's mining earns for a small share of GDP, it provides a large and significant share of the world-wide production. [3]
Author: Scanned for Parliamentry Council Office: Image title: 20/04/2010; Short title: 32 Victoriae 1868 No 26 Gold Fields; Date and time of digitizing: 02:09, 20 April 2010
1896 map of the Transvaal Gold Fields. The Transvaal gold fields resulted from gold discoveries during the 19th century in the South African Republic. After insignificant discoveries from 1840 up to 1870, payable or substantial gold deposits were found at: Leydsdorp in 1870 and 1883; Geelhoutboom farm, or Mac-Mac diggings, in 1873; Pilgrim's ...
A miner underground at Pumsaint gold mine, Wales; c. 1938 Landscape of Las Médulas, Spain, the result of hydraulic mining on a vast scale by the Ancient Romans. The exact date that humans first began to mine gold is unknown, but some of the oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria.
Euratlas is a Switzerland-based software company dedicated to elaborate digital history maps of Europe. [1] Founded in 2001, Euratlas has created a collection of history maps of Europe from year 1 AD to year 2000 AD that present the evolution of every country from the Roman Empire [2] to present times.
The following are lists of gold mines and are subsidiary to the list of mines article and lists working, defunct and planned mines that have substantial gold output, organized by country. North America
The main cause for the bullion famine was outflow of silver to the East unequaled by European mining output. [1] [2] The historian John Day supports this theory, stating the loss of gold and silver was due to large-scale trading with the Levant, which provided Europe spices, silks, rare dyestuffs, pearls, and precious gems. [3]
This southern area of Lusitania, a Roman province for several centuries, was an abundant source of mineral ore which included gold, silver, copper, tin, lead, and iron. [3] Given its mineral riches, the area played a significant role in the expansion of Roman metallurgy. During the Roman period, extensive mining and storage of valuable minerals ...