There is so much to love about Scandinavia. Enjoying cold weather sports, good fishing, and extremely well-educated people. What more could you ask for? Well, how about this. Dare I say, what most people don't realize is that these countries possess great mineral wealth.
What's Norway Got?
If you look at almost any photograph of Norway, you see sheer rock cliffs and mountains to the sea. Eidsvold, a city in Akerhus county, was the location of the first gold mine established in 1758.
A copper mine not far away showed sulfide gold. Ole Viborg copper mine originally tipped miners off to the possibility of area gold. That gold was mixed in pyrite and quartz veins.
Later, Bomlo, Telemark, and Bindal revealed their gold treasure. As is the case in many of the United States, the gold was a secondary gain after copper, lead and zinc were primarily mined for. However, in Finnmark, a far northern municipality,
is the home of Biddjovagge Gold and Copper Mine. In 1970, the mine began operations. Then, the Kautokeino Greenstone Belt provided more gold, enough to claim it was being mines. As of 1985, lots of gold was being mined, which prompted a new name - the current Gold and Copper label. When the price of copper dropped, earnings dropped sufficiently so as to call for its shutting down around 1995.
Biddjovagge, at about 13 miles long, produced 6200 kg of gold. That's about 13.640 pounds. Arctic Gold AB ow owns it.
Gold mines in Lykling were open between 1882 and 1910. Bomlo has also seen gold discoveries. Mining in Lykling requires permission from a private owner.
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