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Lebong Tandai gold workings

Gold ground Documented siteGray area

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

GoldGold
Crystals and mineralsCrystals and minerals

Also reported: electrum, sulfides.

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

Why this spot

Dutch-era underground gold mine in the Barisan range, reworked ever since by local miners riding rail trolleys in

Documented colonial mine with well-reported artisanal afterlife.

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

old tunnelsMercury use, jungle isolation

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