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2. Brazilian Gold Rush - Wikipedia

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   The gold rush opened up the major gold-producing area of Ouro Preto (Portuguese for black gold), then known as Vila Rica. [1] Eventually, the Brazilian Gold Rush created the world's longest gold rush period and the largest gold mines in South America. The rush began when bandeirantes discovered large gold deposits in the mountains of Minas ...

3. Gold mining in Brazil - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other gold rushes in the world's history, the Brazilian Gold Rush lasted the longest, from the 1690s into the 19th century. In contrast to the 1840s−1850s California Gold Rush , which helped the United States establish a new " Industrial Revolution " era infrastructure, the Brazilian gold rush saw mass migration but little new non ...

4. Serra Pelada - Wikipedia

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   Serra Pelada was a large gold mine in Brazil, 430 kilometres (270 mi) south of the mouth of the Amazon River. The mine was made infamous by the still images taken by Alfredo Jaar and later by Sebastião Salgado and the first section of Godfrey Reggio 's 1988 documentary Powaqqatsi , showing an anthill of workers moving vast amounts of ore by hand.

5. Mining in Brazil - Wikipedia

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   Discovery of first gold rush in 1680s, gold discoveries made in streams not far from present day city of Belo Horizonte. In 1729 diamonds were discovered in the same area. This started a diamond rush. By 1760 nearly half of the world's gold was from Brazil. In the early 18th century nearly 400,000 Portuguese immigrants came to mine in southern ...

6. Bandeirantes - Wikipedia

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   These exploration by the Bandeirantes set in motion what would be called the Brazilian Gold Rush of the 1690s. [10] The gold rush would be one of the largest in the world and would produce the largest gold mines in South America. With the discovery of gold by Bandeirantes in the mountains of Minas Gerais. [11] This caused many people from the ...

7. Indigenous group detains 12 alleged gold miners in Amazon and ...

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   An Indigenous group in Brazil said Wednesday its members detained 12 people for allegedly mining illegally in the Amazon and handed them over to police. The non-profit Urihi Associação Yanomami ...

8. List of programs broadcast by the History Channel - Wikipedia

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   The Haunted History of Halloween; Heavy Metal; Heroes Under Fire; Hidden Cities; Hidden House History; High Hitler; High Points in History; Hillbilly: The Real Story; History Alive; History Films; History in Color; History Now; History of Angels [19] A History of Britain; A History of God [20] History of the Joke; The History of Sex; History ...

9. Morgan Freeman narrates History Channel episode on Stuart ...

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   The History Channel is available on cable and streaming services such as DIRECTV Stream, Hulu + Live TV, Sling TV, Philo, and Vidgo. Gianna Montesano is TCPalm’s trending reporter.