Kolar Goldfields revival26 Nov 2015 11:49
Anticipating a revival
"In the 130 years of commercial production of gold at KGF, approximately 1,000 tonnes of gold have been produced. Enormous quantities of gold-bearing rock is brought out to the surface, pulverised, treated with chemicals including cyanide and the gold, if any, is extracted. The large quantities of the spoil are piled high into towering man-made mountains, popularly referred to as cyanide dumps. These artificial hillocks are distinctive in their shape and colour. Neatly ridged, serrated in profile and bereft of any vegetation. they present a distinctive feature to the town.
But today, only hope abounds in this town. A global tender has been floated to restart the mines and the contract stands to be awarded any time soon. New technology now allows gold to be extracted even from the waste of the cyanide dumps. This thought is echoed by Basheer, now retired, whom I notice sitting on the verandah of his large home within the housing colony."
http://scroll.in/article/740303/in-pictures-in-kolars-gold-mines-revisiting-the-ghosts-of-a-glorious-past
Never mind Jonnagiri, Kolar news coming soon as well?