Indian gold miner, Inambari R., Peru
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Poster:
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Wayne Wurtsbaugh
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8049
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Date:
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Nov 22, 2006
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42.5k, 101.2k
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Dimensions:
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700 x 1045
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Description:
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A gold miner with his wooden gold pan along the Inambari River (Rio Huari Huari), Peru. Photo taken in 1982, about 1-day's boat travel below the Sandia-San Juan del Oro bridge over the Inambari. The indigenous mining at this time was causing heavy sediment loads in the river. Mining activity has increased greatly since then.
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Keywords:
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gold mining Peru placer pollution river sediment
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