Mudslide Causes Gold Mine to Collapse

Excavators search for the bodies of the mean.

In the province of Paramaribo in Suriname, South America seven men were killed when the gold mine they were working in suddenly collapsed due to a mudslide.  The mudslide eroded the pits 20-meter walls and killed the illegal miners who were inside.  The miners had been warned in the past about illegal mining and noted there would be penalties but in an LCD country people will work no matter the danger.  Statements had been made however that the "porknockers" as the illegal miners are called most likely took place in unsafe mining practiced which could have aggravated the soils and made them far less sturdy which could have also made the mudslide more imminent.  This is just one example of how unsafe practiced can lead to an environmental hazard.  It was reported that the miners were using a water hose to blast away sand in the walls when the mudslide began.    


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