gold Rush Bashny.Net

In this photo reportage photographer Madsen presented Nissen pictures are part of a long-term project called Amazonas. The global financial crisis has led to the increase in gold prices and, therefore, the search for El Dorado and do not stop today. In the depths of the Brazilian Amazon rainforest is the largest illegal gold mine called El Dorado to Juma. Once it has been untouched tropical forest, but now it has turned into a permanent place for the camp many poor Brazilians who came here to give their blood, sweat and tears in the hope of a better life. The men here work in the gold mines, and women - in bars and brothels.

12 ph © Meds Nissen

1.Vid air on the Amazon rainforest.





2. Alves de Silva worked at the mine for about 30 years. In the photo, he shows his gold teeth. Gold, which went into the manufacture of teeth, he found himself.



3. The man was in a group of three people who found gold here in 2006. The three promised each other not to disclose secret information, but it has ruined when one of them could not keep silent any longer. The network has been posted blog, and thousands of people went to this hitherto quiet place.



4. Gradually, every rock and every rock, regardless of their size is washed at a distance from a fire hose as long as they will not remain under the thick precipitate. Since gold is a heavy metal that ultimately only and it will remain at the bottom.



5. Under the influence of the gold rush Venisius Perfira de Souza arrived in Eldorado to Juma from the neighboring state of Rondonia nearly 50 days ago. During this time, he still earned nothing.



6. In Brazil, the gold miners called "garimpero." The working of a machete cut his finger and raised in wound infection.



7. With a small group of comrades Fratsisko digs a tunnel deep into the mountains. At the moment it reaches a depth of 15 meters, all the work has to be done manually, which requires a lot of time. In addition, the tunnel is very hot and dangerous.



8. Angela prostitution in Apui, a nearby village, which is the center of a gold mine supply. The standard price for its services 1 gram of gold (approximately 18 euros).



9. Photo child at the bar, which is also a brothel. Most of the miners live the single life far away from their loved ones. They are constantly in motion and always ready to go to a new place in anticipation of the arrival of the next big gold rush. Some of them from time to time send money to their loved ones, and all the rest are losing all contact with his family. Very few people bring with them their wives and children, which can be seen wandering among the bars at night, when their mothers work there.



10. When Eldorado to Juma is on top of its features, weekly 300-400 kg of gold was mined. At the time, the mine employed approximately eight thousand miners.



11. The photo has been penetrated by a poisonous snake on the dance floor. The biggest gold rush causing damage nature. Primeval rain forest is cut down, and the rivers are poisoned by toxic substances such as mercury and radioactive elements.



12. Transamazonskaya highway is the link between the Amazonian rain forest and the outside world. Despite the fact that most of the forests in the vicinity of the roads have been cut down, miners leave no hope and are looking for new places yet unexplored.



Source: