FatQuack t1_j2zcx6o wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:11 AM

This may be true? An Olympic pool could hold 50,000 tons of gold and the estimated amount of gold ever mined is 200,000 to 250,000 tons.

I'm not sure where that estimate comes from, tho.

Shitinmymouthmum t1_j2zdked wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:15 AM

Probably the association of goldsmith's or some shit.

FatQuack t1_j2zgod4 wrote on January 5, 2023 at 12:37 AM

If they said the amount of gold mined last year I would 100% accept that but I don't know how they estimate all the gold mined by ancient people like the Egyptians or the Inca.

zmz2 t1_j2zpx0x wrote on January 5, 2023 at 1:40 AM

The mining rate increased so much during the Industrial Revolution that the total gold mined in the millennia before probably fits in the margin of error for the estimate