Kolar Gold Fields

                KOLAR GOLD FIELDS. (KARNATAKA) This little mining town, about 22 kms, east of Bangalore, was once the pride of the erstwhile Mysore state, and also that of India. This gold mine produced a sizeable amount of gold during the days of the British Raj.

                The Kolar Gold Mines were taken up for systematic exploitation by John Taylor & Sons in 1880. The mines were handed over to the Government in 1972 and  BGMC( now BGML) was formed.