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Belier, Lacs District

Kokumbo hill gold workings

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: BLM Alaska (Public domain), Stephanie Clifford from Arlington, VA, USA (CC BY 2.0).

Why this spot

Precolonial Baoule gold hill famous since the 18th century, riddled with old shallow shafts

Documented in colonial records and Ivorian mining histories as a traditional gold source.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

hidden precolonial shafts

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