Deposits of gold in Central Asia in XVI and at the beginning XX centuries
The article is devoted to the study of geographical disposition of goldfields in Central Asia in XVI and at the beginning of XX centuries. The author based on various written sources analyzes historical facts of the existence gold-bearing dispositions in experimental regions particularly in the Pamirs, Badakhshan, Darvaz, Khutall, Hisor, Vakhsh, Karategin(Rasht), upper reaches of the Zerafshan in Matcho, Falgara, Khujand, Farghona and est. The article analyzes old traces and public manufactures which wash gold and gold-bearing places which were found by Russian scientists and entrepreneurs after the conquest of Central Asia by tsarist Russia. The author comes to conclusion that the center of wash and ore gold was upper reaches of Amu Darya River, Zerafshan, Syr Darya and their tributaries. Disposition of ore gold was situated in mountain system of Pamira-Alai, Tein-Shan, Hindu-Kush, in a territory of Hivin khanate.