We took coffee of a jaguar hunter who lives alone in his commodious hut in the jungle, the woven wattle walls of his three rooms decorated with cast-offs from the odd bits of the materialist civilization that he had need of out here, so that there were a line of worn out toothbrushes used as … Continue reading
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Photo Of The Day: Artisanal Gold Miners In Sierra Leone
Subsistence miners at work in a creek in Sierra Leone… This is definitely one that is at its best when the image is clicked on and brought up to its full size: Continue reading
California Ghost Towns: Howland Flat
First settled in 1853 when mines known as the Union Company and California Company were discovered, Howland Flat was once second in size and importance only to La Porte. Located twelve miles north of Downieville on the East Branch of Slate Creek and at the base of the dramatic 7,000′ elevation Table Rock Mountain, Howland … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In Burkina Faso
The landscape of Séguénéga in Burkina Faso, a commune in the north of the west African country, is suffering considerable environmental damage because of a massive increase in gold mining: The miners: The mining managers choose men to dig. Each bag of stones the men dig up is theirs to keep, but they have to … Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In The Democratic Republic of Congo
Local mining for gold in the village of Mongbwalu in Eastern Congo: Continue reading
Photos Of The Day: Gold Mining In Myanmrar/Burma
Photographs by Juan Pablo Cardenal and Heriberto Araujo… ****** BURMA: At a gold mine some 30 miles from the town of Myitkyina, dozens of Burmese miners, some as young as 14, work from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily. The technology is very rudimentary, and the work is hard: BURMA: This mining site, like others … Continue reading
How Much Gold And Platinum Is In The World?
How Rare Is Gold And Platinum? The Velvet Rocket has noted before just how precious the precious metals actually are… Gold might seem ubiquitous, as it is found on the hands of millions of brides, but approximately 161,000 tons of the yellow metal have been mined over the entire history of mankind. That’s sounds like … Continue reading
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