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Hello guys, welcome back to my channel.
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This is one of the most important place in Africa. Gold mines.
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We'll see how they are retrieving gold from the mines. I have bought Michael
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and florence with me. Two kids are collecting gold now.
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We'll see how they are doing it.
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After collecting the soil they put it into that. Do they have anything now?
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Just show me. Is it inside?
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You can see they have taken some gold.
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They have put it in a box.
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Nice. It is very small.
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This is the procedure which you see. Her name is florence.
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She is a female guide in Kalthunga tours. You know michael already.
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We are with them today to visit gold mines.
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They finished and are taking taking rest so we are heading to a next place.
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See, from here they take gold from the sand.
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Michael has gone inside. I don't know what he is going to do.
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Michael come out.
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Take this light inside.
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Did you see anything? It is very long.
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Got any gold? No gold but I saw underneath.
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It is really deep. They dig holes here to collect gold.
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The tunnels go till there underground. They go through it
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collect sand, wash it and then separate gold.
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Sometimes they get struck inside itseems. Many have died too.
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Michael have gone this much inside.
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He couldn't go further, it was long itseems.
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It is very hard to take the video here.
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They have taken the mud from inside and rinsing it now using water
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They have to go a long way to bring water from the river.
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How much do they get per person?
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It is not like that.
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Sometimes they get very little
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and this is the procedure to do it
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Ask her how much she gets
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They don't get very much
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Just asking how much she got before
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They are dissolving all the mud and sand in the water
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How long will it take this process?
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It depends actually.
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They don't make much by doing this.
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The highest money they get
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May be around 150 to 300
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Will they throw it away? No they won't
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This one. Yes it is wasted.
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How will they know there is not any gold in it?
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Because the gold is already mixed in the water
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and over time it will sink down.
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They mix all the mud in water and the gold will settle down slowly.
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So they throw away these stones on the top.
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If you see here,
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the gold must have settled in the bottom from the mud collected.
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They wash even the last bit thoroughly.
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There will be pieces.
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If you see here, this area is completely
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for gold mining. You can see more boxes everywhere.
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This where they take the mud.
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It is difficult to film here.
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By hearing the sound you'll know.
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They have dug a big tunnel.
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There are steps. They just go down to collect the mud.
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This is where they pull the mud up from down.
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They have bought the mud from below and mixing it with the water here.
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After mixing it, they strain it down in search of the gold.
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They mix it well to remove the stones.
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They do it with ease.
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There is no gold in this.
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After finding small pieces of gold, they pure it in separate container.
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They keep it here in this.
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They work whole day and by evening they segregate whatever they collect.
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This one is going very big down there.
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How is the experience?
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He has married three times itseems.
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Three times.
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First wife has 6 children, second one with 3 children.
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She has one children.
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So how many more he is planning actually?
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He says his woman is reaching to the limit
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near menopause, so that's it. Enough.
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So can i know their age?
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He is 42 years old. The woman?
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She is 23. You michael?
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I am 25. You?
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I am 24 but almost entering 25 by June.
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How old is she?
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She is almost 9 years.
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You can see it is hollow everywhere. They are joined underground.
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They dig from the deep.
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From there only they get the gold.
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It is everywhere around here. They do it here a lot.
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There also they are doing it.
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Here also you can see. They divide in groups and do it.
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This how they get the gold.
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They get only in small pieces not huge like we see in movies.
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Like a small dot they get. When they collect more grams.
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after 10 days or more they give to some agents here
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They sell to them and the agents then sell to some factories.
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The people in this community can only mine gold. Not others.
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Even if you want to take, you are not allowed. Only these people can.
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From here there are lot of places like this. We are in the kenya border.
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I went there. But due to dry season they are not taking there.
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So we came here to film the process.
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Taking video here is very risky. Without the guide it is very difficult.
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Water is available only if you go for 2 kms. They bring it carrying upon their heads.
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They use that water for finding gold.
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They need to get it from there daily. This is their job.
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Whoever from their community can do this. The government doesn't care.
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That is how they do it here.
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They need not get any approval from the government.
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Like agriculture, they do it as their occupation.
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This is their routine.
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I hope you found this video useful, if any doubts
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feel free to comment below, I'll clarify.
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This is actually made out of millet
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You get it in a straw.
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How are you?
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This is lady Jenifer, my aunty.
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These are the straws.
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It also has filters.
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They keep this and drink from this.
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This is Mahowa.
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This is made of millet,
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corn and yeast.
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Like corn bread and then add yeast to it.
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They do all these with millet, corn and yeast.
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Like in the last video we saw the beer of Karamojong,
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this one wasn't so drowsy. But they said it will be.
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I drank very little. It was like powder. They use this filter straw to drink it.
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It is a natural straw.
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It is very good for health they say.
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They drink this every morning and evening here. I saw myself.
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It tastes like water.
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It is hot and nice
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They pour hot water so it is warm.
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Can you show the filter?
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What kind of filter is this?
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It is good.
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It looks like a straw. I don't know what plant it is.
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I don't know whether we can find any in our country. How long can we keep this?
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This has been there for one year.
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You wash it and use. Yes. actually it can be for more than 6 months.
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They recycle and use itseems.
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If you know the name of this, tell me in the comments below.
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If you like this video, please like and comment.
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If you come here by Kalthunga tours, you can see this. You can't see all this if you come solo.
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This is the most cheapest tour package.
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I will tell the price in the last video.
