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Artisanal Gold Mining Mali
People panning for gold using traditional techniques on the Niger River, Mali, West Africa. They seem to get about one or two US dollars-worth in an afternoon when sold at local market. Few other ways to earn cash there, plus keep coolish during the hot season...
August 18th, 2008 - 01:30
was the gold black ???
August 18th, 2008 - 17:03
It’s kind of hard to see the gold at this low res. Look for the sparkles at the edge of the black sand.
August 21st, 2008 - 10:57
A lot of hard work !
Good job !
August 24th, 2008 - 04:06
yea i see the gold now lol wish i could get my hands on some tho looks like hard work
August 29th, 2008 - 02:26
good work
March 30th, 2009 - 14:58
LOL
April 11th, 2009 - 13:47
un trabajo muy difícil
April 29th, 2009 - 12:25
what a physique!
what do they eat to look like that!?
April 29th, 2009 - 13:22
Lots of peanuts and hard work…
May 5th, 2009 - 09:36
I remember you telling me even the old guys are lean and ripped because all they do is work hard everyday.
May 22nd, 2009 - 16:50
gusy i np how to get free gold go to the museam and then break the glass but be careful and then get it and run away!
November 29th, 2009 - 21:37
not much and work hard
January 5th, 2010 - 18:26
wow.. God bless them.
January 5th, 2010 - 18:27
so the river is full of cold. let’s call it the River of Gold.
March 14th, 2010 - 20:42
wow, they make a good job. Are they work for somebody, who pay them for jwork, or they work for themself?
March 15th, 2010 - 12:18
They work for themselves. A gold buyer comes to the local market every Friday and apparently pays them a fair price. Thanks for asking.
March 18th, 2010 - 07:19
This is the way the world is at the moment, all about the profit.
March 18th, 2010 - 19:13
Huh? These folks live on a dollar a day. Try that for a day and see if it feels like profit.
June 13th, 2010 - 18:50
@HumboldtMike
these african guys must be pumping iron at the gym
not a beer belly in sight.
June 13th, 2010 - 18:52
aren’t they afraid of a crocodile floating down stream and joining the party
June 14th, 2010 - 03:29
@orangedac Good question. I knew one guy who had a picture of himself with a large croc they had killed when he was a lot younger. But these days they only see a few crocs in very remote areas. I never saw a sign of one in two years, even in remote areas. There are a lot of fishermen in that area who would probably notice if a croc were hanging around, so I don’t think the gold panners worry too much. They were more concerned about electric catfish and hippos.
June 14th, 2010 - 03:36
@orangedac The blacksmiths pound iron at the forge… Life there is its own gym. Also, no beer.
June 17th, 2010 - 19:42
damn he is fast!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 11th, 2010 - 15:54
@Ganbareg
This river is rich.
July 18th, 2010 - 12:13
@orangedac real graft, us westerners are fng soft