Mining for rubies on the hills around "Moramanga carrieres" near Andilamena in Madagascar is not an easy task as the area is isolated in the deep of Madagascar Jungle. On this video you can see how the Malagasy miners work in order to enable the other miners to breath in the galleries they dig to search for rubies. The galleries can be 50 meters deep and sometimes up to 100 meters long. The oxygen there is rare as people work with candles and electricity is not available. Hard job but ingenious people...
For more info:
http://www.fieldgemology.org/gemology%20madagascar%202005.php
@holderch5 Looks like the guy is just dumping out mine tailings.
Kyuto00009 1 year ago
What was in the bag he dumped into the hole near the end? Anything valuable? And why was the guy turning that pole on the ground? Thanks, man, for the video.
holderch5 1 year ago