- published: 31 Mar 2016
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Gold mining is the removal of gold from the ground. There are several techniques and processes by which gold may be extracted from the earth.
It is impossible to know the exact date that humans first began to mine gold, but some of the oldest known gold artifacts were found in the Varna Necropolis in Bulgaria. The graves of the necropolis were built between 4700 and 4200 BC, indicating that gold mining could be at least 7000 years old.
Gold objects are plentiful in the Bronze age, especially in Ireland and Spain, and there are several well known possible sources.
Romans used hydraulic mining methods, such as hushing and ground sluicing on a large scale to extract gold from extensive alluvial deposits, such as those at Las Medulas. Mining was under the control of the state but the mines may have been leased to civilian contractors some time later. The gold served as the primary medium of exchange within the empire, and was an important motive in the Roman invasion of Britain by Claudius in the first century A.D., although there is only one known Roman gold mine at Dolaucothi in west Wales. Gold was a prime motivation for the campaign in Dacia when the Romans invaded Transylvania in what is now modern Romania in the second century A.D. The legions were led by the emperor Trajan, and their exploits are shown on Trajan's Column in Rome and the several reproductions of the column elsewhere (such as the Victoria and Albert Museum in London).
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I've been searching
I've been searching for a gold mine
To open up the skies and make me feel alive
Been searching for a gold mine
A gold mine
Well I've got trouble sleeping in
And when I feel the day begin to change my mood
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I wouldn't know what's true
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To open up the skies and make me feel alive
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A gold mine
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I wouldn't know what's true
So won't you take me up with you 'cause
I've been searching for a gold mine
To open up the skies and make me feel alive
I've been searching for a gold mine
A gold mine
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To open up the skies and make me feel alive
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Gold mine
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To bring the colours right back into my eyes
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