Diving for gold

[nucopia]

Diving for gold in the Philippines.
[video=480,360]http://youtu.be/jTQCTt-62Ho[/video]

 

[Guest]

Makes a man turn to effing tears; seeing people reduced to animal behaviour like that.

I wish I had the winning ticket in Oz lotto last night; I would have gone over there and gotten a bit of decent gear for those guys and show them how to rivett the shafts.

And get the bloody kids into some kind of schooling.

Yet the mob in charge have got gazillions for bloody guns, bullets, bombs and fighter jets and these poor bastards are treated with the most brilliant contempt. Like they don't even exist.

God Bless America and the Military Industrial Complex!!!

 

[DrDuck]

Did I miss it, or was there no mention of the dangers of cavalier use of mercury? I've seen some alarming videos of the use of mercury in artisanal mining.

 

[Myazma]

Life is cheap in some parts

 

[Ramjet]

Terrible conditions that those kids work in. Unfortunately it's a widespread problem.

 

[magneticsand]

High risk, high reward.

 

[k man]

Speachless.sometimes we forget how good some western world counties have it.even the little show of gold in there pans begs you to wounder why?looks like there bustin arse to pull a gram a day if lucky.i couldnt imagine sending my kids into a under water hell

 

[richo966]

low reward they don't get very good spot price they get ripped of by middle men high reward no risk

 

[rocketaroo]

I expected to see mercury poisoning as well. Third world countries, and their leaders who are not held accountable.....its way beyond F'd-up.

 

[bazza2210]

These guys do it a lot easier, check the size of the pans

[video=480,360]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YpuzY7lPVU[/video]

 

[lookn4yellow]

Cant believe what i saw in the video its appalling how some people have to go to such lengths to help support family and of course someone greedy at the end of the line cashing in.Makes you feel grateful for what we do have.

 

[Tathradj]

I like the panning technique in Bazza's post.
Have a go at the amount of black sand.
Quite effective I reckon.
Wonder what would happen if you turned up with a boat and dredge. LOL
I would say crocodile food. :lol:

 

[nucopia]

the wife and I have property in the Phillipines
One is farm land in the north of Luzon near the Cagayan river. There are several commercial gold mines in the area.
One about 25 kilomters away that mines alluvial deposits and another couple in the nearby Cordillera mountains that are open cut mines.