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Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

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Diamond mines

Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

Alluvial diamond mines at Chempaka. Photo taken 26. May 1992.
 © Peter AndresenPhoto ID: 158918    View Count: 119

Gold in the bottom of a pan

Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

The Chempaka alluvials doesn't only contain diamond, but also gold, so when the gravel and mud have been washed for diamonds, it's going through the pans for gold. Photo taken 26. May 1992.
 © Peter AndresenPhoto ID: 158933    View Count: 107

Gold washer at the diamond mine

Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

The Chempaka alluvials doesn't only contain diamond, but also gold, so when the gravel and mud have been washed for diamonds, its going through the pans for gold. Photo taken 26. May 1992.
 © Peter AndresenPhoto ID: 158931    View Count: 158

Women bringing up gravel

Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

Womens bringing up the diamond "ore" in baskets. Photo taken 26. May 1992.
 © Peter AndresenPhoto ID: 158930    View Count: 99

Workers at the mine

Cempaka, Riam Kanan, Kalimantan Selatan Province (South Kalimantan Province), Kalimantan Island (Borneo Island), Indonesia

In the foreground a women bringing up alluvial mud, next to here a women pumping air down into the mine with a hand-driven pump. In the background you can se the gas driven motor used for pumping water out of the mine. Photo taken 26. May 1992.
 © Peter AndresenPhoto ID: 158925    View Count: 108
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