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There is native gold in the U.K , there are deposits running down the west coast of Scotland, through to the central mountains of Wales. Some was extracted from the rivers, and in Roman times, there was some mining in Wales.
But most of our gold was imported from the continent.

Roman mine in Wales:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolaucothi_Gold_Mines

Some background reading on gold artefacts in the UK from Roman to Medieval times:

https://finds.org.uk/counties/blog/gold-working-in-the-roman-and-medieval-periods/

 

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If I remember correctly, greater England was known for it's deposits of Tin in ancient times.

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3 hours ago, PimentoUK said:

Yes, we had good deposits of iron ore, lead and tin. The lead also contained silver, as a bonus. The Romans were pretty skilled at metallurgy; bronze, pewter, solder were all tin-containing metals.

https://www.romanobritain.org/11_work/raw_mining.php

 

A buddy from the UK told me of a place in England where they mined tin by hand under the ocean. The adits were dry in solid bedrock and extended under the coastline below the waterline and he said you could hear the vibration of waves on the ceiling as they hit the cliffs above them.

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Indeed, the tin mines were in Cornwall , the most South-West point of England, and the tunnels went out under the Atlantic:

Here's an article, sorry it's the Daily Mail, they spam adverts and trash all over the page:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285245/Cornwall-tin-mines-How-quest-metal-took-men-just-feet-ocean-floor.html

And one of the mines is now a tourist attraction:

https://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/attractions/west-cornwall/lands-end/geevor-tin-mine

 

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6 hours ago, PimentoUK said:

Indeed, the tin mines were in Cornwall , the most South-West point of England, and the tunnels went out under the Atlantic:

Here's an article, sorry it's the Daily Mail, they spam adverts and trash all over the page:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2285245/Cornwall-tin-mines-How-quest-metal-took-men-just-feet-ocean-floor.html

And one of the mines is now a tourist attraction:

https://www.visitcornwall.com/things-to-do/attractions/west-cornwall/lands-end/geevor-tin-mine

 

Oh that’s it! Thanks for the references, I didn’t know they were in Cornwall. Well that would be pretty nerve-racking place to dig like that, definitely not a place to daylight a winze!

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Exceded the high end of the pre-auction estimated range by 35%.  That's a nice chunk of change.

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