A brief history of Robertsonpet K.G.F:

Gold has always fascinated mankind, may be this fascination is reflected in the historic references of mining at KGF. It's believed that the 'Kolar Gold Fields' have been mined for gold during the last 2000 years or so. The tradition of mining gold started at least as early as the first millennium B C. The Champion reef at the Kolar gold fields was mined to a depth of 50 m during the Gupta period in the fifth century A.D. The metal was continued to be mined by the eleventh century kings of South India, the Vijayanagar Empire from 1336 to 1560 and later by Tipu Sultan. It is estimated that the total gold production in Karnataka to date is 1000 tons. 

Renewed interest in the Kolar Goldfields occurred towards the end of the nineteenth century. The ancient gold workings, which may be 200 years old and the workings of Tipu Sultan were located by Captain Warren in 1802 and started in 1864 by Michael F. Lavelle. John Taylor & Company did much of the prospecting. 

Interesting Facts: 

1. An English mining firm, John Taylor & Sons in 1880, started the systematic mining for gold. 
2. The first hydroelectric project in S India was built in 1902 to provide electricity for the gold fields.
3. In the year 1902 the suburb of Robertson pet was established
4. The mines were taken over by the Government of mysore in 1956
5. The mines were taken over by the Government of India in 1962

Legend: 

There is a legend about the discovery of gold in KGF, Once upon a time hundreds of years ago when the chera dynasty ruled the south in general a poor shepherd was walking in this region and a violent wind blew to raise the dust from the callous dry ground of this hilly rock region. Unable to see anything the shepherd tumbled on a rock and when the dust settled down the shepherd found a treasure lying in front of eyes, the treasure was huge enough to make him a king, the shepherd then named his kingdom as Kolar. This legend has no proof; it just comes to us as folk tales in the mouth of some old villagers. 

Occupations: 
The occupation in the region has mainly been that of the mineworkers, but there have always been other occupations that support life, this includes small businesses etc. 
The recent developments like the establishment of Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML) has generated an alternative source of employment for a lot of people. 

Present state: 

The city has lost some parts of its ancient glory in terms of the natural scenic beauty. The closure of the BGML mines has given rise to a lot of issues, from unemployment to social unrest. The cyanide dumps that have been deposited here since inception of mines today are causing environmental hazard. There have been developments in various domains to improve the state of living in KGF but not enough to call them achievements. But we believe in rays of hope that will soon span the city. 

KAMMASANDRA, A Village situated 6 Kms from K.G.F has a collection of number of Shivalingas. More than 80 lakhs of such lingas already been Installed here since 1974. Among them a 108 Ft. height linga is the main attraction. Accommodation and free food facilities are available for Visitors.

BANGARU TIRUPATI, Modeled on the famous Venkateshwara Temple of Tirupathi in Andrapradesh nearby, This Temple is thronged by pilgrims, perticularly during the month of Shravana (July-Aug). Darshan of the deity is through a small window in the sanctum

‘Mill Tailing Dumps’ all around KGF called “Cyanide Dumps” because of its content of “Cyanide used to extract the gold from the Ore. The continuous mining activity for the last 100 years in this area has resulted in the accumulation of huge dumps of mining waste (mill-tailings) occupying 10% of the total area in the township of the KGF. Besides occupying about 10% of the total land in the township these tailing dumps rise to a height of about 30m from the ground. Now a days this dumps are becoming pick nick place and number of film shooting have been  taken at this place.

Sri Lakshniprasanna Venkataramana Temple: This is Temple of Lord Venkateshwara and choultry located in Geetha Road , Robertsonpet. It was founded by Bhaskar Naidu during early 1900’s, now it is under the control of Mujaroi Department(Govt. of Karnataka). Daily thousands of people  attend to offer pooja. Every year during the month of march “Pallakki-Mahostava” will be celebrated, which is really great to watch.