Gold was first mined in Arabia c. 30th century BC. A second period of activity was during the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258. The latest activities, by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company began in 1936 using both open-pit and underground mines at Mahd adh-Dhahab. The Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources carried out further gold exploration in the 1970s, following the 1971 suspension of the US$-gold exchange rate and the consequent rise in value of the metal. Gold mining is done today by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company. The mine will close in 2023 as now only low-grade gold is being mined because of the depleting resources.
And a river went out of Eden to water the garden; and from thence it was parted, and became into four heads. The name of the first is Pishon: that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold; And the gold of that land is good: there is bdellium and the onyx stone.
The site has also been identified with "King Solomon's Gold Mine."[2] Geologists have found a vast abandoned gold mine. Among their finds are huge quantities of waste rock, an estimated million tons, left by the ancient miners, still containing traces of gold. Thousands of stone hammers and grindstones were used to extract the gold from the ore litter the mine slopes. Robert W. Luce said: "Our investigations have now confirmed that the old mine could have been as rich as described in biblical accounts."[citation needed]
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^C.A. Salabach at Focus Magazine 2012-06-25 at the Wayback Machine
mahd, dhahab, mahd, dhahab, arabic, ـهـد, الـذ, هـب, cradle, gold, small, gold, mining, area, arabian, peninsula, located, medina, province, hejaz, saudi, arabia, mahd, dhah, gold, deposit, geologic, mapmahd, thahab, gold, mining, cross, sectiongold, first, mi. The Mahd Al Dhahab Arabic م ـهـد الـذ هـب Cradle of the Gold is a small gold mining area in the Arabian Peninsula It is located in the Medina Province in the Hejaz in Saudi Arabia Mahd adh Dhah gold deposit geologic mapMahd Al Thahab gold mining cross sectionGold was first mined in Arabia c 30th century BC A second period of activity was during the Abbasid Caliphate between 750 and 1258 The latest activities by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company began in 1936 using both open pit and underground mines at Mahd adh Dhahab The Saudi Arabian Directorate General of Mineral Resources carried out further gold exploration in the 1970s following the 1971 suspension of the US gold exchange rate and the consequent rise in value of the metal Gold mining is done today by the Saudi Arabian Mining Company The mine will close in 2023 as now only low grade gold is being mined because of the depleting resources Antiquity editThere is a possibility that the Cradle of Gold is mentioned in the Biblical story of the Garden of Eden in the Book of Genesis And a river went out of Eden to water the garden and from thence it was parted and became into four heads The name of the first is Pishon that is it which compasseth the whole land of Havilah where there is gold And the gold of that land is good there is bdellium and the onyx stone Research by archaeologists Juris Zarins of Missouri State University and Farouk El Baz of Boston University indicates that the Pishon may be the now dried up riverbed that once flowed 600 miles northeast of Mahd al Dhahab c 3000 BC 1 The site has also been identified with King Solomon s Gold Mine 2 Geologists have found a vast abandoned gold mine Among their finds are huge quantities of waste rock an estimated million tons left by the ancient miners still containing traces of gold Thousands of stone hammers and grindstones were used to extract the gold from the ore litter the mine slopes Robert W Luce said Our investigations have now confirmed that the old mine could have been as rich as described in biblical accounts citation needed References edit C A Salabach at Focus Magazine Archived 2012 06 25 at the Wayback Machine Gadsden Times Google News Archive Search 23 30 12 96 N 40 51 34 92 E 23 5036000 N 40 8597000 E 23 5036000 40 8597000 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mahd adh Dhahab amp oldid 1211906638, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
