Gold mining companies in Buryatia. Placer gold of Buryatia. Gold mining technologies
If the State Duma passes the law, it will be easy for any of us to start the life of a free prospector and go for the bird of luck to the Vitim, Tsipikan and other gold-bearing rivers of Buryatia.
For more than 200 years of Russian gold mining history, “black” prospecting is not a new profession. News of taiga riches attracted tens of thousands of fortune hunters. At different times, people who individually mine the yellow metal were called free workers, lone miners, and even predators.
"Black Digging"
In Buryatia, the history of “black mining” goes back to 1844, when in the territory of the present Bauntovsky district, 7 spools of 9 shares were mined at the Mariinsky and Innokentyevsky mines, that is, 30 grams 216 milligrams of yellow metal. In literally 10-15 years, as Vladimir Kozulin, a well-known local historian of the Bauntovsky district, says, all the rivers, springs and valleys of Vitim, Vitimkan, Chyna, Tsipa, Tsipikan were excavated by gold miners. Thus began the gold rush in the Barguzin taiga, as Baunt was called until 1925. A major gold miner in the Barguzin taiga, Yakov Frizer, in his book “Gold Mining in the Barguzin District and Its Needs,” published in Moscow in 1901, writes:
At the Solovyovsky mines, due to the rich gold content, work became more active. The days of widespread mining revelry have returned. The workers went out to work, which lasted only a few hours, in smart boots, flannel blouses and beaver hats, with watches in their pockets and rings in their hands. Some appeared in fox beshmets and silk sashes, bought at an expensive price from the shoulders of the manager himself...
Here, a gold miner wrote about those who sometimes worked as hired workers in the mines for meager pay. But there were free searchers and gold miners in the taiga, working alone or in small close-knit teams. They relied on their own strength, skill and, of course, luck. More than one hundred and fifty years have passed since then, but even now there are many such people. According to the Union of Gold Miners of the Russian Federation, in the main gold-bearing regions of the country - Chukotka, Yakutia, Krasnoyarsk and Transbaikal Territories, Magadan, Amur and Irkutsk regions, and the Republic of Buryatia, a total of more than 12 thousand people are engaged in mining.
"Golden Initiative"
According to the chairman of the People's Khural Committee on Economic Policy of the Republic of Belarus, Anatoly Kushnarev, the law on “free income” is being discussed in the State Duma, perhaps it will be adopted this year. However, until the law is adopted in its final reading, even the smallest handful of precious grains found by the police in a person’s pocket threatens to result in a sentence of two to seven years. This is what Article 191 of the Criminal Code says.
The issue of legalizing the free supply of gold was raised with renewed vigor at the interparliamentary association “Parliamentary Association of the North-West of Russia” and the Parliamentary Association “Far East and Transbaikalia” recently held in Blagoveshchensk. Buryatia was represented at this forum by deputies Tsydenzhap Batuev and Anatoly Kushnarev.
Another interesting proposal is to issue permission for gold mining for the population according to a simplified system on dumps, where dredging has already taken place, but there is still precious metal left, - said Anatoly Kushnarev.
"Pros and cons"
The general director of the “Zapadnaya” Mining Artel from the Muisky district, Valery Nazarov, expressed the position of the republic’s prospectors.
The position of the majority of mining enterprises towards the adoption of this law is extremely negative. All positive expected aspects will be offset, first of all, by an increase, I am sure that this will be the case, thefts from operating mining enterprises. We are lobbying against this law and, I think, will not be adopted. I’m not saying that only our organization is against it, this is also the majority of gold mining enterprises represented by the chairman of the Union of Prospectors and the chairman of the Union of Gold Miners of Russia Sergei Kashub,” said Valery Nazarov.
Supporters of the legalization of free income do not expect a large economic effect or a significant increase in gold mining due to this law. But recognition of free income is important from a social perspective, according to supporters of the bill. By the way, Chairman of the Magadan Regional Duma Sergei Abramov spoke about this at the interparliamentary association in Blagoveshchensk. He spoke about the experience of the pilot region. According to him, the “free supply” did not lead to an increase in gold production, but significantly reduced social tension.
A difficult issue for the region is the permission of free food. Modern Russian legislation does not provide for the use of non-industrial placers, said the head of the Bauntovsky Evenki district Nikolai Kovalev. - To obtain permission to mine gold, it is necessary to conduct exploration, calculate and approve reserves. In non-industrial placers there are no reserves (by definition), and there are no approved reserves - there is no permission to mine. It is necessary to amend the legislation so that licenses can be issued for the extraction of gold from non-industrial placers.
The northerners raised this issue in March during the visit of the acting governor. head of Alexey Tsydenov in the Bauntovsky district. Not long ago, the Bauntovsky district made proposals to the agenda of the congress of deputies of all levels, which will be held in Ulan-Ude in October. Chairman of the Council of Deputies Alexander Ochirov proposed re-entering the federal level with a law “on the free supply” of gold.
Prospector means to try
In his memoirs, a pensioner, former site manager of the Iskra mining artel in the Bauntovsky district, V.I. Krasnoyarov writes: “After all, it was like it used to be, before 1954, I took a gram and passed it. They received the money right away, and no one asked where they got it. After the war, front-line soldiers themselves organized metal mining and conducted exploration. After all, I had to feed my family. And schoolchildren also worked on gold all summer. From the age of 15, he panned gold with his father, 15 km from the Borovsky site. They used butara, a passageway, to thaw the sands in winter, they carried firewood on horses, and sawed it by hand. The prospectors of former times know how it was. It was a difficult time, but no one complained about any crisis because everyone was busy with business. Why not remember this experience now, while there are still old miners who remember how to do it? After all, this method of extraction also has its own characteristics and specifics. They could teach young people in special courses. The area has always relied on mining. But after working with the equipment, there remains rock in each side for manual extraction. The free supply is beneficial to everyone, and, first of all, to the region. These include contributions to the budget and new jobs.”
Mining tourism
By the way, the main argument of opponents of free mining is: “The state will not be able to control the work of miners.” In their opinion, the legalization of free trade will not lead to any noticeable increase in gold production. On a national scale, this will amount to hundreds of kilograms, that is, a fraction of a percent. And today, without the adoption of a law, a large number of people are engaged in gold mining using primitive manual methods. And they are forced, willingly or unwillingly, to come into conflict with the law. Some of them fall under the control of criminal structures.
Most countries have long accepted “free supply” as a given and realized that there is no reason to ban mining. Ultimately, the precious metal will still end up in the state treasury. In the USA, Switzerland, Canada, and Australia, “gold or gold mining tourism” has even gained popularity. For a modest fee, the mines give you a prospecting tray and invite you to try your luck.
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The draft law provides that in depleted industrial sites, alluvial and small deposits with reserves of up to 10-15 kilograms of gold, private individuals will be allowed to mine precious metals. At the moment, there are thousands of sites in Russia where gold reserves are less than 10 kg. They are of no interest for industrial mining, but private entrepreneurs could continue to wash the gold that remains after mining the placers. In order for individual entrepreneurs to be able to pan for gold, according to the authors of the bill, it is necessary to simplify the procedures for access to subsoil for Russian citizens, issue them simplified licenses for the use of sites without a competition (auction), introduce a simplified taxation system for them, as well as a simplified procedure for accepting gold. Now individual mining of gold, silver and non-ferrous metals, which existed in Tsarist Russia and even in the Soviet Union until 1954 inclusive, is prohibited in our country.
The richest mineral resource base of Russia is concentrated in the Republic of Buryatia. More than 700 deposits are concentrated on the territory of the republic. The subsoil contains 95.9% of our country's balance reserves of thallium, 92.8% of jade, 48.8% of zinc, 35% of cadmium, 32.3% of molybdenum, 24.4% of lead, 20.4% of tungsten, 16.3 pyrite sulfur, 16.3% fluorite, 13% apatite, 11.3% beryllium, 8% silver, 6.5% uranium. Employee Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences Evgeniy Kislov spoke about mining in the region, about the problems of the industrial sector, as well as his proposals for getting out of the current situation.
In 2015, 6,447 kilograms of gold were mined in Buryatia; in 2016, this figure was 5,890 kilograms. At the end of 2017, almost 5,678 kilograms of gold were mined in your region. What are the reasons for the decline in production?
There are several reasons for the decline. The main share of gold production comes from the Buryatzoloto company (part of Nordgold) at the Irokindinsky mine in the Muisky district and the Zun-Kholbinsky mine in the Okinsky district. The reasons for the decline are the unpreparedness of inventories. The most accessible reserves with the highest contents have already been depleted. And the involvement of poor, hard-to-reach ores in the exploitation increases the cost. In Buryatia, hopes were pinned on other primary deposits, but only Kedrovskoye in the Muisky district (the Zapadnaya Prospecting Artel) is being mined with real results. The rest are mothballed, not put into operation or produce an insignificant amount of metal. As for alluvial deposits, they are largely depleted. Unexplored, poor and hard-to-reach placers are not involved in exploitation.
- Can we expect an increase in gold mining in the coming years?
Can. "Buryatzoloto" conducts exploration of rich deposits of existing mines and explores the surrounding area. AS "Zapadnaya" is consistently increasing production. Certain hopes are associated with the arrival of JSC Druza in Buryatia, which intends to invest in the primary deposits of the Okinsky region.
In 2017, the volume of production from placers amounted to 2,068 kilograms of gold. Are there prospects for the development of placer gold mining in the republic? Does the resource base allow increasing production volumes?
There are not enough supplies. Rich and accessible placers have been mined. In recent years, new gold alluvial areas have appeared, for example, Eravninsky. In addition, in the last three years, dozens of licenses for geological exploration have been issued by application. Including prospecting, evaluation and exploration of placer gold. In some areas, reserves have already been protected and mining licenses have been issued. As a result, gold production should increase. The adoption of a law on free-flowing will contribute to the growth of indicators, as well as simplification of the procedure for issuing licenses for small and unattractive placers, but this depends on the federal center.
- According toMinistry of Natural Resourcesrepublics, the undistributed fund has four deposits in the territoryOkinskydistrict -Barun‐ Kholbinskoe, Watershed, Dynamite andTainskoe with total reserves of gold category A + B + C1 - 6,021 kilograms and category C2 - 5,369 kilograms. Their development would contribute to the growth of gold mining. What are the reasons for low activity subsoil usersin terms of ore gold auctions?
For indigenous gold, these are not such large reserves. At the same time, in Buryatia there were examples of unconfirmed reserves, which brought large losses to subsoil users, and Khuzhir Enterprise was forced to mothball the Konevinskoye field. In addition, the development of primary deposits requires large investments with a slow payback. The deposits located in the Okinsky district are poorly provided with infrastructure; the local population and authorities do not see the benefits of mining activities and are trying to prevent its development by declaring a territory of traditional natural resource use.
Part of the territory of Buryatia is located in a nature conservation zone. Thus, the MVS corporation was forced to surrender its license for Kholodninskoe deposit because she was unable to develop it. Are there many similar sites in the region? Are there ways to solve the problem?
If we are talking about specially protected natural areas, the situation here is the same as throughout Russia. On the territory of the republic there are: Barguzinsky, Baikalsky, Dzherginsky nature reserves, Transbaikalsky and Tunkinsky national parks, Frolikhinsky, Altacheysky and Kabansky federal reserves, a network of regional and local protected areas. But several environmental protection zones have been created around Baikal with a set of prohibitions on economic activity: a World Natural Heritage site, the central ecological zone of the Baikal Natural Territory (CEZ BNT), a water protection zone, a fish protection zone. Moreover, each territory has its own scheme of prohibitions and they contradict each other. The Kholodninskoye field suffered due to the CEZ BPT, determined after the license was issued.
That is, the state first issued a license for money with a number of conditions and obligations, and then prohibited people from working and fulfilling them. In fact, the development of the deposit is unlikely to cause damage to Baikal - the license agreement stipulated underground mining of ore and its processing outside the BPT. But at present there is an outpouring of water from two exploration adits into the Kholodnaya River - no reclamation has been carried out.
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The Bauntovsky district is one of the gold-bearing regions. Gold mining has been going on here continuously for more than 150 years. In 1994, the 150th anniversary of the gold mining industry was celebrated. The total production, documented in one way or another, is estimated at approximately 120-130 tons.
Most of the explored, developed and mined gold placers are concentrated in the area adjacent to the Vitim Plateau and on the northwestern edge of the plateau itself. The following gold-bearing nodes adjacent to each other are distinguished:
- Karaftitsky (valley of the Vitimkana, Gorbylka, Vitim rivers with tributaries)
- Troitsky (valleys p.p. Chyny, Chinokan, Alakara with tributaries)
- Auniko-Bagdarinsky (valleys of the rivers Bagdarinka, M. Amalata with tributaries)
- Amalatsky (Big Amalat with its tributaries)
- Tsipikansky (valleys of the Tsipikan and Taloi rivers with tributaries)
- Verkhne-Tsipikansky
- Huaquita
- Kydzhimitsky
The development of gold-bearing areas in the taiga proceeded at an amazingly fast pace. In 1845, placers along Vitimkan began to be mined. In 1847 in the Auniko-Bagdarinsky district, in 1861 in the Troitsky district, etc. Discoveries followed discoveries.
Information about gold mining before the 30s of the last century is contradictory. The owners of mines, companies and partnerships, and free miners did not take into account all the gold mined in the reporting that existed at that time. Some of the gold was taken outside the region, some remained in local products and treasures.
Currently, 14 enterprises are mining gold in the Bauntovsky district.
The work of gold miners at all times is associated with difficulties and hardships, great dedication and dedication. We will only talk about the main gold mining enterprises that form the backbone of the Bauntovsky district.
One of the oldest gold mining enterprises is considered to be the Tsipikansky Mine OJSC. It is generally accepted that the mine was founded on February 1, 1935, but it is indisputable that the prerequisites for its emergence date back to earlier times, from pre-revolutionary times. In those distant years it was difficult to imagine , that gold mining is being transformed into a powerful gold mining industry, equipped with modern mining equipment, washing technologies. The mine has all this. And a modern concentration-concentration installation allows for the secondary processing of gold-containing products. Two dredge floating factories worked in the mine. This is the legendary dredge 64, imported tenant A. Novomeysky in 1912, many saw it in the feature film Morning of the Doomed Mine. This machine has a glorious work history. It was created in Great Britain for a joint-stock company that decided to mine gold in New Zealand due to the fact that in New Zealand it was expected there was no gold, the company went bankrupt, and our enterprising compatriots purchased this car at a very reasonable price. The story of how this car was delivered to the Barguzin taiga (that is what the Bauntovskaya taiga was previously called) requires a separate story. Jacks of all trades, of which our oldest industrial enterprise is rightfully proud, the “old lady 64” was modernized from a steam to an electric drive, the locomotive boiler - which previously drove the dredge and all flushing devices began to be used to heat water, to combat icing , which made it possible to carry out washing until late autumn. And an 80-liter one, manufactured at the Irkutsk Heavy Engineering Plant.
Today dredging is no longer carried out. The mine team is currently engaged in open-pit gold mining in shallow placers, although in previous years underground work was also carried out.
In 1971, a gold mining enterprise emerged - the Iskra prospectors' artel. In 1972, they mined the Eduardovsky Uval placers on Vitimkan and the Nikolaevsky spring. They mined 62 kg of gold, 24 rubles per workday, decent earnings at that time. In 1974, artels identified a new deposit in a hard-to-reach place in the taiga on the Yaksha spring, a tributary of the Gorbylok River. Explored gold reserves made it possible to increase the production of the precious metal. Today, the Iskra artel is a large diversified enterprise that carries out the extraction of precious metals, geological exploration, construction, and road construction.
Since 1967, the Voskhod artel was formed. The artel handed over its first gold in the amount of 77 kg. 23 people started working. Since 1974, V.I. Krivonosov became the chairman of the artel. Under his leadership, the artel in 1977 crossed the gold mining threshold of 100 kg. During its existence, the Voskhod prospecting team produced 3.5 tons of gold, 522 kg of silver, and developed 14 placer gold deposits. Today it is a stable operating enterprise, which celebrated its 35th anniversary last year.
On November 15, 1975, the Rassvet miners' artel was created. The first gold was removed from the washing plant in 1976. Over the years, the artel has produced more than 3.5 tons of gold. The mining of the placers: Stepanikha, Gorbylevsky, Vpomogatelny, Novaya Bombakhta, Zhitonda, Bombando, Pokrovsky has been completed. In 1994, the artel took a new placer, Verkhnyaya China. This is one of the most difficult placers in terms of mining and geological characteristics. However, despite all the difficulties, 100 kg of gold was mined here in the first season. The day is not far when the artel will celebrate its 30th anniversary.
A mining and geological company operates in the area. It included: prospecting artels Yaksha, Tsipikan and Bagdarinskaya expedition. The company is engaged in gold mining and conducts geological exploration in the region. Last year, the company produced 109 kg of precious metal, and an increase in ore gold reserves of 836 kg.
Closed joint stock company Vitnmgeoprom was organized on April 13, 1992. Conducts gold mining in the republics of Buryatia and Mongolia. The production level in Buryatia was about 850 kg, in Mongolia - 2 tons. Vitimgeoprom also conducts prospecting and exploration of gold placers in Buryatia and Mongolia. Over the years of activity, 8 placers have been discovered and explored on the territory of Buryatia, and 5 placers in Mongolia. Under an agreement with OJSC Khiagda, drilling work was carried out at the Khiagda deposit to carry out work using the method of underground leaching of uranium. Since 2000, underground mining has been resumed at the Ivanovsky site
the newly created artel "Enthusiasts". But having encountered numerous problems in this endeavor, the artel ceased to exist and was transformed into a subsidiary of Vitimgeoprom CJSC - “Gornyak Vitima”, thus underground mining has development and excellent prospects in our area.
Since 1993, the Eleninsky artel has been operating in the area. Prospectors mine gold at two deposits under Buryatzoloto licenses and at one deposit, Staro-Ivanovsky, has its own license. Last year, the Staro-Ivanovsky production site took first place among other sites. The Yeleninsky Artel annually fulfills its gold production quota. This year the artel celebrates its anniversary - 10 years since its formation.
Gold mining is the basis of existence in the region. Now it's a busy time for miners - they are preparing for the washing season. Each gold mining enterprise has been given quotas, and they are considerable. In total, 1,580 kg of precious metal need to be mined in the region.
INFORMATION
On gold production as of June 10, 2004 by gold mining enterprises
Bauntovsky district (end of the industrial season)
| Business name | Quota for 2004 (kg) | Fact. performance | % completed | for the same period last year | deviation (+,-) |
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| CJSC a/s Iskra (including Baunt) | 20.8 | 17.0 |
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| JSC Priisk Tsipikansky | 15.0 | |||||
| CJSC Vitimgeoprom (including OOO Gornyak Vitima) | ||||||
| CJSC Bagdara Mining and Geological Company | 12.0 | 17.0 | ||||
| LLC a/s Eleninsky | 18.0 | 12.0 | ||||
| JSC a/s Rassvet | ||||||
| SREO Dylacha | 10.0 | |||||
| LLC a/s Sever | 13.0 | 13.0 |
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| JSC a/s Voskhod | ||||||
| Chinakan LLC | ||||||
| LLC a/s Ukshum | ||||||
Total: | 1420 | 60.6 | 91.8 |
Many people sometimes wonder where they can find gold. Over the past few years, Russia has been ranked 5th in the world in terms of gold production. For many Russians today, the search for gold is becoming a matter of life and a good source of income. Finding a nugget of gold is great happiness for a passionate gold digger. History of gold mining in RussiaThe history of mining this mineral in Russia goes back several centuries. Russia has been in search of gold nuggets since 1719, when Peter the Great issued a decree to begin gold mining. Back in the 18th century, residents of our country wondered how to find gold. The precious metal was first discovered at the beginning of the 18th century in Eastern Transbaikalia. The next place where the search for gold nuggets was crowned with success was Altai. But in these places the metal was obtained not from gold deposits, but from deposits of silver-lead ores. It was possible to find indigenous gold only many years later in the Urals. This happened in the area of modern Yekaterinburg. In May 1745, an ordinary peasant Erofei Sidorovich found gold and decided to build himself a house. He showed his friend the gold he had found. A friend worked as a silversmith. He realized that the gold nugget was real. Experts arrived at the site of the find and continued the search with tools. But, unfortunately, they were unable to find anything then. Only after a long time did the search continue at this place. Gold miners decided to dig a mine, and then the search was crowned with success. A gold mine was opened on this territory, which received the name “Primary”. “Gold Rush” in Russia and America
In the 20s of the 19th century, when people realized that finding this fossil was a very real task, a real gold rush began in Russia. Mamin-Sibiryak described it very well in his novel “Gold”. Since the middle of the 19th century, experts found the answer to the question of where to look for gold, and intensive mining of the mineral began in many regions of our country: in Altai, in the Nerchinsky district, in the Belgorod region, in the area of many rivers of Siberia: the Yenisei, Kolyma, Lena, Amur and many others. At the beginning of the 21st century, the number of gold deposits in Russia totaled 5,800. About 75% of all deposits today are located in Siberia and the Far East of the country. The largest volumes are mined in the Krasnoyarsk, Khabarovsk Territories, Irkutsk, Amur, Sverdlovsk, Magadan regions, the Republic of Sakha and Buryatia, as well as in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. At the end of the 19th century, the gold rush swept across America. In 1896, the New World was shocked by the news that a large deposit had been discovered in the Klondike region. The whole country has come to where the gold is. From there, in less than 100 years, 390 tons of precious metal were exported, the value of which is approximately 4.4 billion US dollars. Then news of places rich in this valuable mineral overtook America at a moment of deepest crisis. The country was then experiencing a huge number of bankruptcies because the economy suffered from stock market surges. Thousands of people have traveled to Alaska in search of gold nuggets. As a result, the gold rush had a good impact on the development of the economy of Western Canada, Alaska, and the northwestern part of the United States. Mining devicesTo start mining, you need to purchase some equipment:
Gold mining technologies
There are three main methods for searching for gold:
Mining with a metal detectorIf previously minerals were mined without a metal detector, then in 1996 special devices appeared in Russia, with which it became much easier to go in search of gold nuggets. Like many years ago, people who are looking for gold are concerned about the question of where to look for gold. Many people go in search of gold nuggets every year. If the trip for gold is successful, you can significantly increase your fortune. Today, the cost of one gram of 375 sample is 980 rubles, 500 sample is 1280 rubles, and 583/585 is 1850 rubles. As you can see, gold mining is a very profitable activity. Where is the maximum gold? The best place to mine gold
Many people ask, is there gold in the mountains? The answer is clear - yes, there is. Mountain streams are a very fishy place for gold miners. Neither the sea, nor the swamp, nor the rivers provide so many opportunities for gold miners. Mining for gold in streams is a very good solution. Metal gets into them from mountain slopes. Lighter and lighter rocks are carried away by water, and gold, due to its gravity, accumulates and forms gold-bearing placers. In Russia, a record amount of gold is found in mountain streams. In search of gold nuggets, gold miners turn to rafts—bedrock that lies beneath the pebbles of a stream. Gold is deposited there. The raft, located under the pebbles of the stream, stores the largest gold nuggets. Above the raft, of course, there is also gold, but in much smaller quantities. The higher the distance from the raft, the less likely it is to find gold. When searching for gold with a metal detector, the difficulty arises that sometimes it is located so deep that it is not possible to get it with a metal detector. Therefore, you need to choose places where the raft is as close to the surface as possible. Often such places are found in the form of rocks. For example, there are many of these in Buryatia. The surface of the rocks was once the bottom of a stream, but after that the stream created a deeper channel. By the way, it will also be useful to examine the area of rocks above the water at a height of up to 15-20 m. Gold deposits in rock cracks can be easily identified with a metal detector. If there are no obvious rocks, it is recommended to explore the entire stream in the hope of success. By the way, there are criteria by which it is possible to determine the probability of finding gold in a stream. A specific indication of the presence of gold in the stream is a large number of pebbles and quartz boulders. Gold is often found in quartz veins. There is another technique for determining whether gold can be found in a stream - panning. This is an old way of searching for gold. Panning should be done approximately 500 m above the mouth. Washing is carried out with a special tray. If during washing there is at least one piece of gold in the tray, then there is a high probability of finding gold in this place. But the tray is not a 100% diagnostic method, since large pieces of gold do not fall into it, but only small grains. To search in streams, you need to use more sensitive metal detectors, such as EurekaGold, SD2200, GP3000. Is there gold in the ground?Gold miners are concerned with the question of whether it is possible to find gold in the ground. Experts answer yes. Countless amounts of wealth are stored underground. What are the ways to extract gold from underground? First, you can search using a metal detector equipped with a special discriminator, a device that helps identify precious metals. But, in addition to the classical method, some people go in search of gold without professional equipment, relying on miraculous devices like vines. The vine is a kind of pendulum that supposedly changes the nature of its movement when approaching the treasured place with gold. But such extraction methods are far from scientific. Of course, it is better to go on a search armed with special tools and not rely on magic. Popular
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