Image Number: APN299452
Path:
african.pictures /
Africa24 Media /
Stephen Digges
Description: AFRICA, KENYA - A miner displays some of the fine gold dust that they have ground. The entire mining process is improvised. From the pulley system that drops the men descending into the mine and bringing up the gold bearing rocks, to the sorting of the stones, grinding them. They uses harder stones to grind the gold carrying stones into powder.(Photo by Africa 24 Media/ Stephen Digges)ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Collections: Misc pics for A24 Media Site
Subcollections:
Stephen Digges
Country: Kenya
Orientation: landscape
Pixel Size: 6400 x 4266
Media Id: 5_4283
Credit: Stephen Digges / Misc pics for A24 Media Site / Africa Media Online
Keywords:
Gold,
mining,
Ikolomani,
Kakamega,
Kenya,
subsistence mining,
preciouscolour,
color,
stones,
small scale mining,
geology,
rosterman gold mines,
Model Release: No
Property Release: No