Nova Scotia Department of Natural Resources
Mineral Resources Branch
Information Series ME 13

By Jennifer L. E. Bates

Table of Contents

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• The History of Gold Mining
• Mining and Extraction of Gold
  • Early Mining Methods
  • Extraction Methods
• Occurrence and Distribution of Gold
• Geology of the Meguma Group
• Meguma Group Quartz Veins and the Hypotheses of Formation
  • Quartz Veins
  • Hypotheses Formation
• Present Exploration and Future Trends
• References
• Additional Reading
• Glossary
• Appendix Do-It-Yourself