UK's Largest Ever Gold Nugget Found in Scottish River.

摘要

There is a lot of interest in gold mining in Scotland at present. The first commercial gold mine in Scotland, the Cononish Mine near Tyndrum in Perthshire, received full planning permission earlier this year and the owning company Scotgold hopes to extract an estimated 5,700 kg of gold from it. There is also a great deal of more informal and less commercial interest in the precious metal. Many amateur prospectors also head to the Tyndrum area as well as others such as Helmsdale in Sutherland. Places such as the Museum of Lead Mining in Wanlockhead run gold panning courses and the Scottish and British gold panning championships held in the village attracted hundreds of people. Of course, a lot of people looking does not equate to a lot of gold being found - but sometimes you just get lucky.