How they mined gold in the old days. Heres Brazil

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How they mined gold in the old days. Here's Brazil

I found this on the gold mine in brazil before it flooded.
1985: Inside Brazil's massive Serra Pelada gold mine
Great pictures, I can see the Spainards making Indians do the same work for them in placer areas.
Makes it hard to look at a lake in Mexico or S.A. without thinking, is it covering an old mine?
 

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How they mined gold in the old days. Here's Brazil

I found this on the gold mine in brazil before it flooded.
1985: Inside Brazil's massive Serra Pelada gold mine
Great pictures, I can see the Spainards making Indians do the same work for them in placer areas.
Makes it hard to look at a lake in Mexico or S.A. without thinking, is it covering an old mine?
I am glad i live here and NOT THERE !!!
 

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the picture with the guy in the clean red shirt is crazy.. everybody in the back ground is suffering and filthy.. he is clean with a gold watch on his wrist.. i wonder if time really mattered that much.. he must have been a troublesome fella.. probably has a machine gun just out of the picture.. lol. amazing by hand they removed all that dirt.. now its a lake, they must have gold fish.. lol.. thanks for the read..
 

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