They dig it or use some simple machine to dig it out.
Copper was one of the first metals to be discovered, possibly by anchient potters whose furnaces were hot enough to produce copper from the ore malachite.
i do know gold has been around forever and people are always trying to find it. and it's valuable and shiny. but thats it. sorry
Working in an ancient Greek silver mine was unpleasant at best. Ore was extracted by hand, with hammers, by the light of candles, with bad air and extremely hazardous conditions, deep underground. The miner's lives were much like that of Michael Jackson - short, brutish, and nasty.
Yes, The cultural achievement for which the Hittites are best known is the development of iron technology. Iron is a metal that is extracted from ore. The Anatolia region is rich in iron ore. The Hittites used this natural resource to make tools and weapons. Iron was superior to the bronze that was used by other cultures because it was much stronger and more durable.
Having learned iron ore smelting from the Assyrians, the Kushites made iron weapons and tools. Kush then provided iron products, ivory, gold, ebony, and slaves from central and eastern africa to the roman empire, arabia, and india. In return the Kushites received luxury goods from india and arabia.
The mass of 9999 pure gold you get from 1 gram of gold ore is minute. For example, 30g of gold can be extracted from an 860kg block of gold ore.
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Gold that is extracted from the earth is in its ore form, meaning that the gold is mixed with other minerals in the rock. The gold ore is processed by breaking it up into small pieces and heating it to remove the gold, which is extremely soft and melts at a very low temperature, leaving the rock behind.
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its extracted
they are so unreactive, they do not need to be extracted from their ore.
Physical way: Grind the ore to finest powder. Pan (add water and rotate horizontally) Chemical way: Grind and exert chemical solvents
I think a million or more than that
I think a million or more than that