Tuesday, February 15, 2011

Sulphur Mining In An Active Volcano

There is several hundred men that work, or mine rather, in an active volcano.The volcano is Ijen in Indonesia. The walk down to an acidic crater lake multiple times a day to gather sulfur multiple times a day, carrying loads up to 90 Kilograms. They are exposed to dangerous gasses like hydrogen sulfide  and sulphur dioxide. they can not afford masks making only 10- 15 dollars a day.



http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12301421

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