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Friday, April 21, 2017

Venezuela: A journey to the center of the Earth

A man holds a gold-mercury amalgam at a gold mine in El Callao, Bolivar state, southeastern Venezuela
Thirty meters below ground, there is a slight smell of gas. It’s hot, but not stuffy. A young miner shows us the gold vein in the rock.
It’s a silent world until some rocks fall, kicking up dust. The miner showing us around is 18 years old. He has been at this trade for eight years already. “I’ll probably do this till I die,” he says.

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