Question

what is kolar gold field?​

Answer 1

▶KGF or Kolar Gold Fields is a mining region and taluk, in the Kolar District of Karnataka state, India.

Answer 2

Kolar Gold Fields (KGF)

The Forgotten golden era of India

Known as the little England, the little mining town which produced sizable amount of gold: about 50 Kms, east of Bangalore, the pride of The Erstwhile Mysore state, and India.

The Beginnings

Gold was first mined in the area around Kolar in the 2nd and 3rd century AD by the digging of small pits. During the Chola period in the 9th and 10th century AD the scale of the operation grew, but large-scale mining only came in the 1850s under the British with more manpower and sophisticated machinery. In that year 1873 Mr. M.F. Lavelle, a resident in Bangalore, retired from the army, with some knowledge of geology, applied to the Government for the exclusive privilege of mining in the Kolar District, his thoughts being principally directed to the possibility of finding coal. His request was granted on certain terms. On these conditions, Mr. Lavelle commenced operations by sinking a shaft in 1875, near Oorgaum. But finding that large capital would be required for carrying out the work, he next year, with the approval of Government, transferred all his rights and concessions to Colonel Beresford. This officer, with some friends among racing men, formed a syndicate known as the Kolar Concessionaires, who took up the matter in earnest.