2,000-year-old Roman gold mine found buried beneath a Spanish mountain reveals how ancient engineers moved millions of tonnes of earth

For decades, archaeologists suspected that a strange landscape hidden in the Spanish Pyrenees was more than a product of ...
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Mining and metallurgy in ancient Perú / by Georg Petersen G. ; translated by William E. Brooks

"In 2009, Perú was the world's leading producer of silver, the world's second leading producer of copper, and the leading producer of gold in Latin America. However, Perú's role as a producer of ...
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Hidden for 1,700 years, this massive Roman gold mining network beneath the Spanish Pyrenees has finally been confirmed

For decades, archaeologists suspected that the unusual landscape of a remote valley in the Spanish Pyrenees was the result of ...
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Fire pit found in Tokushima hints at advanced mining process

ANAN, Tokushima Prefecture—Anan city officials announced on Jan. 19 that the oldest trace of “shinsha" (cinnabar) mining in Japan was found at the Wakasugiyama cinnabar mining site here. Experts ...