A Short History Of Gold Mining

The earliest find of gold is dated to be from the Chalcolithic under the shape of gold artifacts from a cave cemetery (Nahal Kana). There were found also gold artifacts dated from the 4th millennium BC in the Balkans.

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Old hieroglyphs from the 2600 BC Egypt, describe gold to be more plentiful then dust, Nubia having the resources to be considered one of the greatest gold producer for a long time in history.

Gold was found in the beginning in the shape of small shining yellow clumps. It was also the first of the metals discovered by human. gold was one of the greatest engine for the the human society’s economical and cultural growth.

In many past cultures gold was associated with immortality, wealth and gods. Gold was used to glorify kings and rulers.

The first writings about gold are found in “Iliad” and “Odyssey” where Homer speaks about it as it was the guarantee for immortality but also a sing of abundance among the common humans.
Another old mention about gold is found in the Genesis when it is said about the river Pison out of Eden “the Land of Havilah, where there is gold: and the gold of that land is good?”
In the code of Menes, dating from 3100 BC it is stated that : “one part of gold is equal to two and one half is parts of silver in value.”

In the early times, the miners would use the power of water to move the gold-containing sand over a piece of sheep skin, which would collect the tiny leafs of gold. When the sheepskin gathered as much gold as it could, they hanged it to dry. When all was done, they would gently beat the skin to collect the golden flakes. The sheepskin containing gold carried the name of “the golden fleece”. This gold collecting system went on to be used until the times of the “Gold rush”, dating from the 1849 California.
Another fact about gold mining in the past times, is that the workers used in the quest for gold were prisoners of war, slaves or criminals.
The ease of transforming the yellow shining clumps into valuable, easy to sell gold objects, made it one of the most wanted from the platinum group of metals.
When humanity began to measure it out, it became money, changing the barter affairs for the rest of the history.
Selling gold itself was always considered a smart business for those exploiting the golden mines.
And Plato and Aristotle wrote about gold, having theories about it. A very charming theory is the one stating that gold is made of water and sunlight. This idea gathered it’s logic from the fact that most gold was found in water.
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