Mining for gold and then turning that precious metal into wearable jewellery dates back to ancient Egypt and one of the earliest recorded gold mines is in Nubia. The Romans mined for gold from 25 BC and used hydraulics, or high pressure water jets to shift material from the rocks and move the sediment, the water containing the sediment was then passed through sluice boxes to separate water and gold.... 

Gold has had a special value for human beings and the ruling classes of ancient Egypt knew the value of gold, several thousand years ago. This attraction to gold continued into the modern age, but in the twentieth century, this attraction gave way to the attraction of stocks and shares. For a good many years, people made millions on the stock market, ignoring the lesson of the Wall Street crash. Now,...