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A {{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Madras]]|image=|coordinates= [https://www.google.com/maps/place/12°57'42.2%22N+78°16'14.6%22E/@12.961736,78.270721,12z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x0:0x0?hl=en 12.961736°N 78.270721°E]|altitude= 265 m (869 ft)|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields Kolar Gold Fields]|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karnataka Karnataka]|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]|transport= [[Kolar Gold Fields Railway]]}} '''Kolar Gold Fields''' was a city in the south-east of Kolar District, [[Mysore State]] established in 1887. Located 98km from [[Bangalore]], which it produced all of India's gold. It closed in 2001 and was a approved for re-opening in 2010. ==Mining companies==Mining companies included Mysore, Champion Reef, Ooregum, Nundydroog and Balaghat.<ref> Johnson, Ronnie [https://web.archive.org/web/20210212110700/https://mlarchives.rootsweb.com/listindexes/emails?listname=india&thread=1663508 Surnames - Kolar Gold Fields and Bangalore] ''Rootsweb India Mailing List'' 7 November 2010, archived.</ref> ==Volunteer Regiment==*[[Princely states|Princely StateKolar Gold Fields Battalion]] from 1881 ==External links==*[http://en.wikipedia. org/wiki/Kolar_Gold_Fields The city was established in 1887Kolar Gold Fields] Wikipedia*[http://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/ Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia] Photos and Memories of K.G.F.For *[https://web.archive.org/web/20131004225432/http://victorieschurchkgf.com/about.html Our Lady of Victories Church, KGF, Karnataka], (archived) (more details<ref>[https://memoriesofkgf.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-lady-of-victories-church-champion.html A Short history of Our Lady of Victories Church, refer Champion Reefs, KGF] by Bridget White-Kumar ''Kolar Gold Fields Nostalgia''</ref>) is/was? part of the**[http://www.bangalorearchdiocese.com Archdiocese of Bangalore] (Roman Catholic). *[http://dsalwww.confluence.mobi/blog/a-boer-in-bangalore/ "A Boer in Bangalore"] by Adam Yamey 14 September 2016 ''Confluence''. George Glaeser Munnik, a Boer Officer, was a POW at [[Trichinopoly]] and later [[Amritsar]]. During his stay in India he was able to visit Bangalore and the Kolar Gold Fields. He wrote an account ''A Boer in India'' published 1903. He subsequently became a Senator in South Africa.*[https://web.uchicagoarchive.eduorg/web/20160304045128/referencehttps:/gazetteer/pagerwww.deccanherald.com/content/113032/tale-two-thriving-townships.html?objectid=DS405"Tale of two thriving townships"] by Bridget White-Kumar 15 November, 2010 ''Deccan Herald'', now an archived webpage. Robertsonpet was established in 1902 became the “Town” for the mining areas and quickly became an important commercial centre. Andersonpet, was established in 1904, next to the mining areas of Champion Reefs and Mysore Mine/ Marikuppam.:[https://www.1deccanherald.I34_V15_382com/content/280784/kgfs-very-own-little-england.gif html "KGF's very own Little England"] by Bridget Kumar 24 September 2012 ''Deccan Herald''Imperial Gazetteer . KGF Gymkhana Club*[http://www.indiaofthepast.org/bridget-white-kumar/life-back-then/memories-my-family-and-weddings-kolar-gold-fields Memories of my family and of Indiaweddings in Kolar Gold Fields] by Bridget White-Kumar. indiaofthepast.org. "In the early years [19th century], arranged marriages were the norm in the [Anglo-Indian] Community." The author’s father was an Underground Engineer in Nandydroog Mines, Volume 15'c late 1940s*[https://www.livemint.com/Leisure/3EXHCpPQAw15Bj6AMAbbEP/Memories-etched-in-gold.html "Memories etched in gold"] by Aniruddha Chowdhury 18 Nov 2011. livemint.com*From the late Ronnie Johnson's now archived website**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124720/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/index.html Kolar Gold Fields or K.G.F.]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124721/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf1905.html List of Residents of K.G.F in 1905]**[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027124713/http://geocities.com/kolargoldfield/kgf_people.html Requests received from people with connections to KGF! [Miscellaneous information<nowiki>]</nowiki>]*[https://scroll.in/roving/740303/in-pictures-revisiting-the-ghosts-of-a-glorious-past-at-kolars-gold-mines "In pictures: Revisiting the ghosts of a glorious past at Kolar’s gold mines"] Manjunath Shenoy Nov 01, 2015 scroll.in*[https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/story-kgf-cradle-india-s-gold-rush-93798 "The story of KGF: The cradle of India’s gold rush"]by Arun Dev December 22, page 3762018 thenewsminute.com. ==External Links==

*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_382.gif ''Imperial Gazetteer of India, Volume 15''], page 376.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11584/page/n305 “Kolar District”] page 243, ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume V: Gazetteer'' edited by C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1930 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.11582/page/n227 "Chapter V: Mines and Minerals"] page 198 ''Mysore Gazetteer Volume III Economic'' edited by C. Hayavadana Rao. New Edition 1929. Archive.org. Includes Kolar Gold Fields.*[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldc00curlgoog/page/n148 "The Gold Mines of India"] [at February 1898] page 117 ''The gold mines of the world : containing concise and practical advice for investors gathered from a personal inspection of the mines of the Transvaal, India, West Australia, Queensland, New Zealand, British Columbia, and Rhodesia'' by J H Curle 1899 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldd00curlgoog/page/n276 "The Gold Mines of India and the Malay Peninsula"] page 210 ''The Gold Mines of the World (2d Ed., 1902): Written After an Inspection of the Mines of the ...'' by J H Curle 1902 Archive.org:[https://archive.org/details/goldminesworldw01curlgoog/page/n287 "The Gold Mines of the East"] page 204 ''The Gold Mines of the World: Written After an Inspection of Nearly Five Hundred Mines in ...'' by J H Curle 3rd edition 1905 “almost entirely rewritten”.*[http://www.archive.org/stream/indianpicturespr00malcuoft#page/172/mode/2up “The Kolar Gold-Fields”] from ''Indian pictures and problems'' by Sir Ian Zachary Malcolm 1907 Archive.org == References ==<references />   [[Category:Locations]][[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]