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Title: Ayr Interview, June 2, 2020
Date: June 2, 2020
Creator: Ayr; Dan Kerr
Description: Ayr discusses how he was going to visit friends and family across North America, but is no longer able to do this because of COVID-19. He said COVID-19 hasn't had a huge impact on him, and he did get to extend a visit to family in Texas once the virus hit the US, helping out his nieces and nephews with school work. The knowledge that life is a gift has kept him going through this time, which is not too big a change for him from "normal" times. He is trying to look for and focus on positivity during this time while staying with his mother. He hopes that our western, North American society continues learning to live in a different way, especially in terms of caring for the environment and each other, focusing on personal connections.
Subject: COVID-19; coronavirus; New Orleans; hitchhiking; family; travel; Texas; school; homeschool; environment; pollution; North America
Country: United States
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/humanitiestruck:2246
Rights statement: Copyright for this object is held by American University and does not preclude any use the co-interviewee(s) may want to make of the information in the recordings themselves. This object is made available through the American University Digital Research Archive for research and educational purposes. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the object beyond the bounds of Fair Use must be obtained from the American University Library -- Archives and Special Collections.

Title: Geothermal Power Plant In Minas Gerais, Brazil
Date: 1985-05-01
Creator: Nickelsberg, Robert
Description: A geothermal power plant operates in a rural area of Minas Gerais, Brazil, May 1985. Geothermal power uses the heat that originates from under the earth's surface as a clean energy source to make steam that will power electrical generators.
Subject: Energy; Environment; Pollution; Power; Electricity
Country: Brazil
Local Identifier: brazil_ct_0075_web.tif
Rights statement: Copyright 1985 Robert Nickelsberg

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

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

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

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