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The World's 10 Most Prolific Minefields....Amazing Pics!

sebrownsebrown Posts: 424 ✭
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Interesting Article and images of the world's largest producing minefields. Below are a couple images with captions from the article:



<< <i>Homestake Gold Mine guard with gold bars 1936 >>

....Now that's a stack! image I'd like to see Putin curl one of those!

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<< <i>A miner poses in front of a massive gold vein at the Hishikari Mine. >>



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  • rpwrpw Posts: 235 ✭✭
    Great article. Thanks for the link.
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  • johnny9434johnny9434 Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    nice link. that shot gun the guy has looks mean. just saying
  • AUandAGAUandAG Posts: 24,760 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Fun read...


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  • Timbuk3Timbuk3 Posts: 11,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting, thanks !!! image
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  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,119 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Very interesting...wow and I though the 100' pit dug by Dakota Fred in Gold Rush was deepimage
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  • bronco2078bronco2078 Posts: 10,211 ✭✭✭✭✭



    I don't know about the rest of you but I don't want anything to do with minefields, prolific or otherwiseimage
  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,095 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Im taking my kids to the Kennedy mine when it opens for the season in a few months.
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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Thanks, great article and pictures...Cheers, RickO
  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,113 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I read somewhere once that certain mines or refiners made really big, heavy bars like this because they were impossible to move without the proper equipment and thus less likely to be stolen in transit. Nobody could sling this over their shoulder and ride off into the sunset.
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  • LochNESSLochNESS Posts: 4,829 ✭✭✭
    Sounds smart to me, cap't
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