The Golden Mountains ( pl, Góry Złote; cs, Rychlebské hory; german: Reichensteiner Gebirge) are a mountain range in the

Sudetes The Sudetes ( ; pl, Sudety; german: Sudeten; cs, Krkonošsko-jesenická subprovincie), commonly known as the Sudeten Mountains, is a geomorphological subprovince in Central Europe, shared by Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. They consis ...

on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic. Various

ores Ore is natural Rock (geology), rock or sediment that contains one or more valuable minerals, typically containing metals, that can be mined, treated and sold at a profit.Encyclopædia Britannica. "Ore". Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Ret ...

were mined here from the 13th to the 20th century, including gold ( pl, złoto), hence the name Golden Mountains. There is a gold mine open to the public in Złoty Stok. It is the wildest, least civilized and least visited mountain range in Poland. File:DW390.jpg, Voivodeship Road nr 390 in winter File:Złoty Stok - Muzeum Kopalni Złota.JPG, Entrance to the gold mine in Złoty Stok

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