ШЫҒЫС ҚАЗАҚСТАНДАҒЫ ШАШЫРАНДЫ АЛТЫН КЕН ОРЫНДАРЫНЫҢ АШЫЛУ ТАРИХЫ

Abstract

The discovery history of gold mines in the East Kazakhstan region in the XIX century, which was is examened the article ned associated with the policy of the tsarist government regarding gold mining. The study provides archival data on persons who have received government permission to search, explore and extract gold deposits in the region, and on gold mining parties. Based on archival data, the geographical location of new gold deposits discovered in the east of the country, as well as the distribution of gold mines by systems are considered in the article. In addition, statistical data related to the amount of washed sand and extracted gold in the deposits are analyzed, and the technical equipment of the gold mines is described. During the research work, it was revealed that in a short period of time a large number of placer gold deposits were discovered in the region and they were divided into three large gold systems, although the nature of gold in these mines was the same, but the concentration of reserves and gold samples were different. In Besides, factors such as the availability of local roads connecting the fields with large settlements, the cheapness of freight transportation to the fields also affected their operation.  The poor exploration of deposits in some areas which was due to the severity of natural and climatic conditions and the thickness of the surface layer of the rock covering the gold were also mentioned in the article.