Serra Pelada Gold Mine: Rags to riches to rags

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Watched a new episode of Gold Rush: Parkers Trail last night. Good one where he and his crew were in Brazil. They visited the Serra Pelada mine and talked to an old miner who was actually still mining. Good episode.

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Serra Pelada - Wikipedia

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The hell of Serra Pelada mines through photographs, 1980s - Rare Historical Photos

Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil 430 km south of the mouth of the Amazon River. In 1979 a local child found a 6 grams nugget of gold.
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serra pelada 1988​


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