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  • Japan has a program that brings in Filipino and Indonesian workers to care for elderly.
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  • Japan has a program that brings in Filipino and Indonesian workers to care for elderly.
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  • Japan has a program that brings in Filipino and Indonesian workers to care for elderly.
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  • Japan has a program that brings in Filipino and Indonesian workers to care for elderly.
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  • A village with a satellite dish in Kalimantan.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • A man fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
    Gold_20060421_01818.tif
  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Men fixing mining equipment in a muddy pit.
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  • Fishermen on an octopus processing factory boat.
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  • Residents of the fishing village of Palau Misa.
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  • Bathing in the waters off of Palau Misa.
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  • Laundry hanging to dry in a village in Kalimantan.
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  • Migrant goldmine workers in Kalimantan.
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  • A satellite dish in the fishing village of Pulau Misa.
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  • The new town of Karang Pani which supports the nearby gold mining.
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  • Satellite dishes in the fishing village of Pulau Misa.
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  • A truck that hauls waste rock is washed at Batu Hijau mine.
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  • Maintenance to a truck that hauls hundred of tons of waste rock.
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  • A woman truck driver at a copper and gold mine.
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  • Fishing boats in the waters near Palau Misa Island.
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  • Areas of Borneo have been turned into a moonscape by illegal gold miners in Central Kalimantan. Indonesian farmers turn their hoes to mining, illegally digging for gold on a torn up riverbank in Borneo. For the chance to make five dollars a day, thousands have left their fields to join Indonesia’s gold rush. East Java has high unemployment and there are many migrant workers on Kalimantan (Borneo) that came from Java initially to do artisanal timber work. The government stomped out the little timber guys in favor of two big companies so they could control (read “profit from”) the industry. So all the artisanal timber workers switched to gold. Miners test in the 1000-ppm plus range for mercury (normal is 170 to 300). Eastern Java is severely overcrowded and the government has an official transmigration program over to Kalimantan. In Eastern Java they can earn about 100RP a day hoeing the fields. Here they can earn upwards of 30,000-60,000RP ($3-$6) a day. So it is worth it to camp in this area, having only the water (full of mercury) from the amalgam ponds to bathe and drink.
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  • Indonesian farmers illegally digging for gold on a torn up riverbank.
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  • Workers repairing a sluice box.
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  • Workers repairing a sluice box.
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  • The new town of Karang Pani which supports the nearby gold mining.
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  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
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  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
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  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
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  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
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  • Miners in a pond mixing mercury with ore to separate out the gold.
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