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4.5 g of gold covered in mercury

Muddy water containing gold dust. The gold is extracted using mercury which bind with gold. The small ball is 4.5 gr of gold worth $126.00, covered with mercury. The mines in the small community near Bolgatange in Northern Ghana are dug with shovels and spades and held up by timber, all very precarious. The mine shafts go deep into the ground and run along under the surrounding fields. The small community which has sprung up around the gold finds consists of poor people from all over Northern Ghana,most of them now stuck, not making much money and in dept to their gold dealers.

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Muddy water containing gold dust. The gold is extracted using mercury which bind with gold. The small ball is 4.5 gr of gold worth $126.00, covered with mercury. The mines in the small community near Bolgatange in Northern Ghana are dug with shovels and spades and held up by timber, all very precarious. The mine shafts go deep into the ground and run along under the surrounding fields. The small community which has sprung up around the gold finds consists of poor people from all over Northern Ghana,most of them now stuck, not making much money and in dept to their gold dealers.