The mighty Hohe Tauern is considered the treasure trove of the Alps, and where gold was mined in the Middle Ages, treasure hunters still travel the rocks in search of gems and minerals. I had to wait a long time before I was allowed to go with a treasure hunter to the “mountain crown”. Climate change is mainly responsible for making the chance of new, valuable discoveries greater than has been the case for a long time.
Let me explain briefly: Geologically speaking, the mountains between Ankogel and Großglockner are unique, because the highest peaks of the Hohe Tauern are made of rock that is otherwise only found deep in the interior of the Alps. “This geological peculiarity, known as the Tauern Window, allows the deepest layers of the Earth to be seen here on the surface,” describes Peter Zraunig from Flattach: “That is why treasure hunters and mineral hunters have flocked to the Hohe Tauern. probably the region richest in minerals, Austria for centuries.”
Mountain guide Peter has been fascinated by the search for gemstones for more than three decades and knows many stories about valuable finds. For example, about two mineral collectors who a few years ago accidentally discovered a gold vein and laboriously extracted the valuable precious metal worth several hundred thousand euros, thus causing a gold rush in the Hohe Tauern: “There were really beautiful gold nuggets that had grown up with quartz.”
Source: Krone

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