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Title: Gold Mining In Serra Pelada
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: An overview of the gold mine at Serra Pelada shows between 80,000 to 100,000 miners digging out bags of ore that were carried by hand to the surface in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Badly planned mining explorations in the 1980s, including at Serra Pelada, led to serious environmental consequences such as heavy water contamination from mercury. Conflict between prospectors and Indigenous populations who live around the mines remains a persistent issue in the Amazon region.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0016_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A foreman oversees a mining plot at the bottom of the Serra Pelada gold mine in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Each plot owner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 mine workers, or garimpeiros, worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0001_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0002_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0003_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0030_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0031_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A gold mine worker, or garimpeiro, stands for a picture in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Garimpeiros were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0032_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A paymaster hands over wages to gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The laborers were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0033_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 2012 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Mine workers use picks and shovels to break up ore in single plot claims of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters) in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0034_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0035_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, carry out 40-pound bags of ore in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0015_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A crew chief keeps track of miner's, or garimpeiros, hauling ore to the surface at a gold mine, Serra Pelada, Brazil July 15, 1985. The laborers were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0012_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, listen to announcements before starting work in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0013_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A blind man plays a guitar on July 15, 1985 to mine workers, or garimpeiros, at the Serra Pelada, Brazil gold mine. The laborers were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0004_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Mine surveyors consult a plot map July 15, 1985 of the open pit gold mine in Serra Pelada, Brazil. Up to 80,000 mine workers, or garimpeiros, were employed in the Serra Pelada mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0005_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A mine surveyor consults a plot map of the open pit gold mine in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 mine workers, or garimpeiros, were employed in the Serra Pelada mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0006_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Mine workers, or garimpeiros, bathe on the edge of an open pit gold mine in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Garimpeiros were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0007_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Gold mine workers, or garimpeiros, listen to announcements before starting work in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period in the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0008_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0009_web.tif

Title: Serra Pelada Gold Mine In Brazil's Para State
Date: 1985-07-15
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: Workers carry out 40-pound bags of ore from their owners mining claims in Serra Pelada, Brazil, July 15, 1985. The mine workers, or garimpeiros, were paid $2-3 U.S.D. per day. Each miner had a claim of 6.6 feet (2 meters) by 9.8 feet (3 meters). Multiple plots were bought and sold. Up to 80,000 garimpeiros worked in the mine during the peak production period of the mid-1980's. After numerous land slides and lack of enforcement of safety and health measures, the mine was closed by flooding the open pit area. A Brazilian joint venture headed by Colossus Minerals, Inc and COOMIGASP was granted a license to open the mine in mid-2013. Serra Pelada was home to the largest gold rush in Latin American history from 1979-the mid-1980's. Approximately $500 million U.S.D. of gold was mined in Serra Pelada before it closed. Platinium and palladium was also mined.
Subject: Amazon Basin; Gold; Mine; Mining; Danger; Natural Resource; Employment; Labor; Minerals; Development; Occupation; Human Interest; Pollution; Environment; Mercury; Toxicity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0010_web.tif

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