The desirability of gold has made it a symbol of luxury, power, style and wealth but its rarity makes its extraction a tedious process. While gold can be found in loose sediments, the largest proportion produced worldwide is through hard rock mining. Let’s delve into the process of developing a gold mine. From the beginning […]
The Homestake gold mine was the largest known iron-formation-hosted gold deposit and the largest gold producer from a single deposit outside of South Africa. The Homestake mine is located in the Whitewood mining district in Lead, Lawrence County, Western South Dakota, at the northern end of the Black Hills. The mining district is around 5,400 […]
Greenland, the remote island in the far north Atlantic Ocean, has been one of the least explored countries in the world. Exploration in the past century proved difficult due to harsh climatic conditions, lack of vegetation, and very few inhabitants. Still, the quest for precious stones and metallic ores lured people into taking a chance […]
As a prospector, I’m always thinking of easier ways to find gold. After all, it’s no easy task to accumulate even a small amount of the yellow metal. I’m usually content to find even 1 or 2 grams of gold after a long day of digging. Let’s get this out of the way first… GOLD […]
A lot more is involved with successful prospecting than many people might realize. There is a whole lot more than just digging for gold. You’ve got to find a good place to go, and that’s the biggest challenge. Finding virgin ground is no easy task, but nowadays we are often following in the footsteps of […]
Over the last two decades or so, Turkey has experienced a gold rush of sorts. Much of this rush has been fueled by two things. First, the country has massive gold deposits that are yet to be exploited. Secondly, due to government policy and a host of other factors, extracting gold in Turkey is significantly […]
Extracting gold using cyanide solution is a practice that began in the late 1800s. Over the years, the process was refined and simplified, and by the end of the century the process was becoming accepted at mines around the world. It is now the most widely used process to extract gold from concentrates and ores. […]
The attention of gold miners is turning towards Mali. This African country is fast becoming one of the major gold producers in the world. It’s already the third-largest gold producer in Africa, only preceded by Ghana and South Africa. In the past decade or so, Mali has increased gold production. New gold discoveries, extraction, and […]
Strike gold and stake your claim! That is what most miners dream of doing. In most Western states a prospector can still go out and stake a mineral claim and make a living off the land. It’s not easy I assure you, but there are still valuable mineral deposits that can be profitably mined. Filing […]
In the 19th Century, while other western states played the perfect hosts to miners, Utah had nothing much to offer. Utah wasn’t devoid of gold, but compared to others, it didn’t provide many opportunities to gold prospectors. Surprisingly, a century-and-a-half later, Utah finds itself in the list of the top gold producing states. Much of […]