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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. 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.

4. 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 ...

5. List of Gold Rush episodes - Wikipedia

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   Gold Rush (formerly Gold Rush Alaska) is a reality television series that airs on Discovery Channel, with reruns also airing on TLC. The show's ninth season began airing on October 12, 2018. As of May 4, 2018, a total of 176 episodes of Gold Rush have been aired, including 16 specials and two mini-series.

6. Two New Yorkers tried to leave Brazil with 77 pounds of gold ...

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   Experts say the ease with which the two men obtained the 77 pounds of questionable gold underscores the challenges of cracking down on a trade that fuels environmental destruction and enriches ...

7. 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 ...

8. UPDATE 1-Hochschild Mining to invest $200 mln in Brazilian ...

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   Hochschild Mining plans to invest about $200 million in the construction of a gold mine in Brazil, a project it will launch in the second quarter of the year, Chief Executive Officer Ignacio ...

9. 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 ...