An Investor’s Primer To Gold Mining: How They Dig Up The Yellow Metal

Gold mining has certainly come a long ways from the images in the history books of the 49ers in California using their picks and shovels or of the Yukon Gold Rush of the late 1890s panning for gold in streams. Today, mining for gold is a multinational, multimillion dollar business taken up largely by big companies, such as Barrick Gold (ABX), using much more sophisticated methods and equipment than swinging a pick at a rock. That is because most of the surface gold , called alluvial gold, has been found and gold now must be mined from the earth [for more gold news and analysis subscribe to our free newsletter ]. See the full story here → Related Posts: 10 Gold Miners That Pay a Dividend 3 Countries With The Largest Gold Reserves The Ultimate Guide To Gold Investing How to Play $10,000 Gold The Top 100 Gold Investing Blogs