A corroded working mechanism is seen on the deck of an old gold dredge anchored in the Atrato river in Quibdó, Colombia.
A corroded working mechanism is seen on the deck of an old gold dredge anchored in the Atrato river in Quibdó, Colombia, 12 October 2019. A gold dredge is a mining machine employing an ancient artisan technique of placer gold mining (based on the different densities of gold and soil/sand) but applied by mechanical/industrial methods to increase the quantity of extracted gold. Today, advances in mining technology allowed the production of small dredges with high operation efficiency, carried easily to a remote location, and so the giant mining dredges are increasingly decommissioned and left to their fate.
Size: 6000px × 4000px
Location: Quibdó, Colombia
Photo credit: © Jan Sochor / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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