Gold mining is the extraction of gold by mining. Historically, mining gold from alluvial deposits used manual separation processes, such as gold panning...

In the United States, gold mining has taken place continually since the discovery of gold at the Reed farm in North Carolina in 1799. The first documented...

Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the...

Harmony Gold is the largest gold mining company in South Africa. Harmony operates in South Africa and in Papua New Guinea. The company has nine underground...

Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that...

Illegal mining is mining activity that is undertaken without state permission. Illegal mining is the extraction of precious metals without following the...

2020 values. Much of Nevada's gold production comes from large open pit mining using heap leaching recovery. The Nevada mining industry supported an average...

Recreational gold mining and prospecting has become a popular outdoor recreation in a number of countries, including New Zealand (especially in Otago)...

Gold mining in Brazil has taken place continually in the Amazon since the 1690s, and has been important to the economies of Brazil and surrounding countries...

Gold mining in Colorado, a state of the United States, has been an industry since 1858. It also played a key role in the establishment of the state of...