miners
Child Workers of the World, Unite!
In Bolivia, some NGOs and activists have been trying—seemingly against all good sense—to lower the legal working age from 14 to six years old.
Unaccompanied Miners
On one of my last days in Potosí, I finally managed to arrange a meeting with a child miner who makes his living in the depths of Cerro Rico
Unaccompanied Miners - Bolivia's Cerro Rico Mine
Jackson and I were on a mission to find child miners. Jackson was nervous, with good reason—sixty kids died from cave-ins and other accidents in the Cerro Rico in 2008 alone. In a country as poor as Bolivia, just because tourists—or children—are...
Photos of Romanian Miners Beating up Their Fellow Citizens
In 1990, after members of the liberal opposition in Romania organized protests against the recently elected National Salvation Front, the socialist government called on miners and other workers to quell the demonstrations.
The Ju-Ju Magic of the Miners of Afosu
I took a trip out to the Eastern Region of Ghana in 2006 and again in 2009 to paint scenes from a small scale illegal gold and diamond mining complex in a town called New Abriem. It’s a place where 19th century mining methods combine with ancient West...
The Gold Rush That Is Destroying Suriname's Rainforest
Suriname's Krikie Nigi gold camp represents the Platonic ideal of environmental devastation. From our car window, we see mud piles, craters filled with foaming mercury-contaminated water, the occasional scorched tree. Artisanal mining crews move in...
When Spain's Angry Miners Took Over Madrid
They walked for three weeks to riot for a day, until the buses came and took them home.
Are Working Class People Better in Bed?
We hit the streets of London to find out what makes rich folks want to sleep with common people.
Miner's Welfare
George Mills runs the show down at the Clifton Miner’s Welfare Social Club, deep in the heart of The Meadows area.
After The Mines
I started working in the mines in about '69 or '70, when I was 17 years old. I just worked part-time during the summer.
Load Sixteen Tons And What Do You Get?
I had 22 years in the coal mines, all underground. I started down there when I was about 22. I thought it was the greatest thing in the world when I was young.