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====Herodotus 3====
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|'''<small>Name-reference</small>'''
|<small>Herodotus, 5.101</small>
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|'''<small>Modern reference</small>'''
|<small>De Sélincourt 1959: 352 (footnote); Rawlinson 1996: 431-32</small>
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|'''<small>Location of the mine</small>'''
|<small>Modern Turkey, Ephesian territory, the Sardian Tribe</small>
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'''Description-Interpretation:''' The gold dust was brought via the river Pactolus from Tmolus, which flowed through the market at Sardis and joined the Hermus before reaching the sea.
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'''Comments:''' This is a description of alluvial or placer gold, i.e. secondary deposits.
====Herodotus 4====
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|'''<small>Name-reference</small>'''
|<small>Herodotus, 6.46-47</small>
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|'''<small>Modern reference</small>'''
|<small>De Sélincourt 1959: 375-76; Rawlinson 1996: 464-65</small>
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|'''<small>Location of the mine</small>'''
|<small>Scapte Hyde, near Thasos (Phoenician Island) and Thasos self</small>
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'''Description-Interpretation:''' Herodotus describes the mines he has visited and states that their yield was 80 talents per year. The deposits were discovered by the Phoenicians who came with ''Thasus,'' son of ''Pheoix'', to the island to find gold: ‘A whole mountain, ''Coenyra'', and a place called ''Aenyra'' were turned upside down in the search for gold.’
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'''Comments:''' This is an early description of large-scale exploitation of primary deposits by non-indigenous people.
====Herodotus 5====
{| class="wikitable"
|'''<small>Name-reference</small>'''
|<small>Herodotus, 7.112</small>
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|'''<small>Modern reference</small>'''
|<small>De Sélincourt 1959: 451-52; Rawlinson 1996: 552</small>
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|'''<small>Location of the mine</small>'''
|<small>Thracia, Range of Pangaeum</small>
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'''Description-Interpretation:''' The gold and silver mines were mined partially by the ''Pierians'' and the ''Odomanti'' but mostly by the ''Satrae'', who were said to be enslaved by Xerxes (for this purpose?).
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'''Comments:''' Brief comments on how countries without indigenous gold were still able to mine for gold or, rather, have it mined for them.
====Herodotus 6====
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|'''<small>Name-reference</small>'''
|<small>Herodotus, 9.75</small>
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|'''<small>Modern reference</small>'''
|<small>De Sélincourt 1959: 581; Rawlinson 1996: 709-10</small>
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|'''<small>Location of the mine</small>'''
|<small>Datum [465BC]</small>
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'''Description-Interpretation:''' ''Sophanes'' of ''Decelea'' fought the ''Edoni'' for the goldmines at Datum but died (he was joint commander of the Athenian army with ''Leagrus'', son of ''Glaucon'').
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'''Comments:''' Gold mines were precious and countries without would do anything to gain control over the mines of others.
===Diodorus===
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