Here’s a video is about how gold is produced according to the Newmont Mining Corporation. It provides information on the whole process of acquiring gold. You may be able to see how it is extracted especially that gold deposits these days are certainly hard to find. Unlike in the earlier era, mined gold these days are typically microscopic, you may not be able to see it using your naked eye.
Watch the video and be able to see how Gold is acquired in an active mine in Nevada.