A Brazilian wildcat gold miner cleans a rock crusher in Bom Jesus along the Tapajos River, a tributary to the Amazon, March 31, 2009.
An aerial view of a wildcat gold mine in Bom Jesus along the Tapajos River, a tributary to the Amazon, March 31, 2009.
Brazilian wildcat gold digger Pedro Ferreira loads a bucket of gravel to be hoisted up from a tunnel 60 feet (18 meters) underground so his fellow workers can crush it to extract gold, in Bom Jesus along the Tapajos River, a tributary to the Amazon, March 31, 2009. A thousand wildcat miners stream to a remote site in the Amazon jungle to dig for the gold that international investors seek as a safe haven during the global crisis. Picture taken March 31, 2009. To match feature
Brazilian wildcat gold miner Antonio Souza Oliveira shows a rock containing traces of gold at a mine in Bom Jesus along the Tapajos River, a tributary to the Amazon, March 31, 2009.
Brazilian wildcat gold miners mill around after a night on the town, in Bom Jesus along the Tapajos River, a tributary to the Amazon, March 31, 2009. A thousand wildcat miners stream to a remote site in the Amazon jungle to dig for the gold that international investors seek as a safe haven during the global crisis. Picture taken March 31, 2009
