Robert Burns's lyrical descriptions about Scotland's goldbubbling fountains may have been an exaggeration, but gold was mined in Scotland since the middle ages. Scotland even experienced its own gold rush in 1869. This twopart video gives an overview of the history of gold exploration and mining in Scotland. The two videos are a summary of a longer talk I gave at the Scottish Geology Festival in 2022, the recording of the talk is available at    • Gold occurrences and history of gold ...  

The videos are part of my Youtube channel @ourmetallicearth

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