KANDAHAR GOLD MINE

Herbert Daniel Gebauer - 06/01/2018

An abandoned gold mine in a hill of diabase (note 1) is situated at a distance of about 3 km (along a road?) in the approximate North of Kandahar (city centre N31°36'28”: E065°42'19” WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004). MINE DESCRIPTION: In May 1958 nothing was visible except two adits (without permanent dark zones) and two -extraction pits- (literally: puits d'extraction) which were partly drowned in water inhabited by green algae (LINDBERG 1958: 130-131; 1961a: 21).An abandoned gold mine in a hill of diabase (note 1) is situated at a distance of about 3 km (along a road?) in the approximate North of Kandahar (city centre N31°36'28”: E065°42'19” WGS84, nima.mil/geonames accessed 28.05.2004). MINE DESCRIPTION: In May 1958 nothing was visible except two adits (without permanent dark zones) and two -extraction pits- (literally: puits d'extraction) which were partly drowned in water inhabited by green algae (LINDBERG 1958: 130-131; 1961a: 21).