People have been using gold to make jewelry since the Stone Age. You can find it just lying in little lumps in streams here and there. And gold is always pretty and yellow, even when it is just lying in the stream. But to get more gold you have to find gold mines underground.
Here's a video of a gold mine in South Dakota, in the United States.
Here's a video of a gold mine in South Dakota, in the United States.
ne early source of gold was Ethiopia. The Egyptians got their gold by trading for it with the Nubians in Ethiopia, as well as from their own mines. Many places in Africa have gold mines where people mined gold for jewelry and decorations. In West Africa, people traded gold for salt from the Sahara desert to their north.And there were also gold mines in Rumania. That's one reason why the Romans conquered it. The Romans made gold coins out of this gold.
old is easy to work, but it is not strong enough to make tools or weapons out of. For that you need bronze or iron.
When European people came to North America, they thought they would find a lot of gold there. They did find some, though not as much as they had hoped. When men found gold in California in 1848 AD, thousands of men and women rushed out to California to pan for gold and try to make their fortunes. Most of them did not get rich, but a few did.
When European people came to North America, they thought they would find a lot of gold there. They did find some, though not as much as they had hoped. When men found gold in California in 1848 AD, thousands of men and women rushed out to California to pan for gold and try to make their fortunes. Most of them did not get rich, but a few did.
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