Gold Mining has tragic health consequences in The 3rd World

In Indonesia, the use of mercury in small-scale gold mining has tragic health consequences for those living near mining operations. Toxic plumes and other forms of exposure cause neurological problems, bone deformities, vision loss, deafness and even death. The NewsHour's P.J. Tobia reports in collaboration with photographer Larry C. Price and the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.

How Gold is Mined in Nevada

Visionvictory takes us to a mining tour of a gold mine in Nevada , the goal is to show you that gold mining is not an easy task it requires heavy machinery a lot of energy and human power and skills , tons of dirt and ricks has to be moved or crashed in order to get one ounce of Gold , unlike money printing gold mining comes with a cost and that adds to the value of Gold , gold cannot be created out of thin air as we do with paper money . Nevada accounts for 75% of gold production in the United States and 7.2% of the gold mined worldwide




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How Gold is Mined : Cripple Creek and Victor Mine

Striking Gold
Jan. 5 2011 | A first-hand look at Cripple Creek and Victor Mine, with CNBC's Bertha Coombs.

Gold mining & cars in Kalgoorlie, Australia - Jeremy Clarkson's Motorworld - BBC

Jeremy Clarkson interviews some gold miners in kalgoorlie Australia and asks what the average life span of a vehicle is underground.

Gold mining: Australia vs Zimbabwe

top gear Australia s1e2 about the biggest gold pit in Australia.Second part is from guardian about MDC activist Sam Chakaipa that returns to his village in rural Zimbabwe to find his friends and neighbours starving to death, reduced to panning gold powder from the rivers to exchange for food at an exorbitant rate

The Real Cost of Gold Mining in Guyana

in the Caribbean country of Guyana , small scale miners expose themselves to mercury poisoning for the sake of mining the precious metal of gold