Discovering the native GOLD Miners of remote Sulawesi (episode 280)
7 dicembre 2024 · 13 min · 2K visualizzazioni · Tomohon City
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Vernon and his family departed Manado, Sulawesi, to avoid the approaching northwest monsoon, which creates dangerous, exposed conditions along the island's north coast.1:13 They motored along the coast in calm conditions, encountering pilot whales before anchoring off the village of Lintidu, a location identified as safe via Navionics.5:29 The village relies entirely on gold mining, a practice established by the Dutch and continued by locals using labor-intensive methods.5:45 Beach miners sieve sand through wooden trestles, while men in the hills extract rock from shafts up to 200 meters deep.7:23 Both groups use mercury—referred to locally as "silver water"—to separate gold from the material, often handling the toxic substance with bare hands.6:38 During a visit to the village, the crew hiked to a hilltop site known as Rumablanda, the former residence of a Dutch East India Company overseer who managed the local mining operations until the 1940s.10:06 The crew provisioned in Manado before departure, noting the city's modern infrastructure and clean, well-stocked markets.1:36
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