Roman Gold Mines

• Gold was mined at various sites throughout the Roman Empire, the most notable being Las Medulas Gold Mine in Spain.
• It was used in Jewelry and in Roman Coins, in particular, the Aureus.

List of Mines

• Hispania Tarraconensis (Spain)
  • Las Medulas Gold Mine
• Britannia (Wales)
  • Dolaucothi Gold Mine
• Dacia (Roumania)
  • Alburnus Maior 131-215 CE in Bihor Mountains
• Noricum (Austria)
  • Noricum Gold Mine
• Egypt
  • Wadi El-Hudi, a Gold Mine in the Eastern Desert, located 35 miles (56km) southeast from Syene (Aswan) along the Roman Via Wadi El-Hudi continuing to Wadi Allaqui.
  • There are other Late Roman Gold Mines with Roman roads and connecting Roman Forts.

Gold Mines in India

• India
  • Kolar Gold Fields, near Kolar and Bangalore. India was a great source of Gold in the Ancient World.

Sources

• Pliny the Elder (23-79 CE)
  • He travelled through the Mine Fields in 77 CE, and mentioned them in his ‘Historia Naturalis’ Natural History.
  • He also describes Diamonds being found in India.