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RSS FeedsThere`s gold in them thar hills
(WorldNews South Korea)

 
 

16 april 2019 16:06:33

 
There`s gold in them thar hills
(WorldNews South Korea)
 


From left: Fred Dustin, unidentified Canadian, Herb Gidney, Lou Nonini (Koryo`s mining engineer), Roland Tims and Gladys Caughran. Circa July 1969. / Robert Neff Collection By Steven L. Shields Gold mining is not and has never been one of Korea`s major industries. Nonetheless, there was a lot of mining done during the 20th century. Millions and millions of `dollars` worth of gold were mined by British, American and Japanese concerns. Gold mining on the Korean Peninsula may have been done as early as 1100 BC. There are many grave goods - gold crowns and the like - that testify to the availability of the precious mineral. Edwin W. Mills, who was connected with mining operations in Korea for...


 
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