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There are several techniques for gathering gold, the simplist being gold panning. This method was widely used in the early days of gold prospecting in the U.S.
Pans are filled with sand and gravel that is thought to contain gold, very often from streams or dried up river beds. The pan is filled with water and shaken to reveal the gold.
The method that produces most of the worlds gold is called hard rock mining. This is when the gold is encased in rock instead of being found as particles. This usually requires the miners to go deep underground to locate the gold-bearing rock. There is also open pit mining where the ore is located closer to the surface.
Wikipedia has an interesting page on gold mining, with facts and figures. There are other types of mining for gold including one method which uses cyanide! However, hard rock mining is now the most productive.
Pans are filled with sand and gravel that is thought to contain gold, very often from streams or dried up river beds. The pan is filled with water and shaken to reveal the gold.
The method that produces most of the worlds gold is called hard rock mining. This is when the gold is encased in rock instead of being found as particles. This usually requires the miners to go deep underground to locate the gold-bearing rock. There is also open pit mining where the ore is located closer to the surface.
Wikipedia has an interesting page on gold mining, with facts and figures. There are other types of mining for gold including one method which uses cyanide! However, hard rock mining is now the most productive.
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