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1. Another "fun fact", the "most successful" mining system there means they don't get paid a wage or a salary

Tue Oct 1, 2024, 04:24 PM

Oct 2024

But mine that gold for the entire month and then one week out of that month they can keep the ore for themselves as long as they can carry it themselves.

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/perus-toxic-gold-mines/

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