How People Risk Their Lives Hunting For Gems, Pearls, and Gold | Risky Business | Insider News

People across the world risk their lives to make the jewelry we wear. Mining for precious stones like jade and sapphire can be deadly. And making thousands of bangles inside hot furnaces is fraught with danger. We traveled the globe to see how the jewelry business fuels some of the most dangerous in the world.
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[@necruo7724]

"a machine can't go inside the furnace to bring out the glass" is such a sad statement, those people don't even realise the scope of industrialization and automatization

[@robertbruner7429]

Absolutely. I was thinking the same thing when he made that comment.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

The vast majority of these workers don't even understand that the only reason they are even doing these jobs by hand is because of the extremely low wages that they are being paid. These people are being underpaid so much that they are actually cheaper than just buying the automated machinery that would take away all the danger of their industries.

[@jjrocks24]

​@@ShaggyRogers1 What's even sadder is that they do realize that. Getting scraps is all the opportunity there is to feed their families.

[@chugg159]

I've heard some horror stories that would make you think otherwise. In a lot of cases, modern day forges in the west still use 100 year old architecture AND machines. Most of them are half a century younger than that, but it's still a lot less advanced than we'd all like to think. A friend of mine once shared a story where him and a few coworkers had to take 15 second shifts going inside of a furnace to do something which I don't exactly recall, but that's the jist.

[@ShaggyRogers1]

@@chugg159 The thing about most factory automation is just scale and cost. Metalworking heavy machinery is very expensive and require constant maintenance. In developing nations, it is cheaper to pay 4 guys to pound sledge hammers for a couple dollars a day than to pay for a power hammer, for example.

[@CHETRO2]

What I feel is immense salute for these men. They are so responsible to feed their families even risking their own lives to give food to the table.

[@armouredthug5154]

it's a good reminder of how good you have it, when you watch awareness content like this, don't sweat the small stuff

[@ashokkumar-se5sl]

26:40 NOT BRIDE CITY ITS WIDOWER CITY AS SO MANY PEOPLE DIED IN THIS CITY TODAY NAME IS AYODHYA IN MUSLIMS HINDU RIGHTS

[@alexanderspohn]

Americans will never know how hard some people have to work without EVER getting out of debt. If more people traveled we'd have a better communal understanding of how things really are in most places

[@user-bz9rx3og4r]

❤❤​@@ashokkumar-se5sl

[@999oj]

@@alexanderspohnSome countries still live well off better than the average America. This is just the poor part of these countries you are seeing. A lot of people in other countries live a better life than Americans. Every country has it's good and bad. An American living on food stamps doesn't live a better life than other people in the developing or developed world.

[@avryotter9252]

We have it so "good" because western civilization is built on a mound of atrocities, many actively being committed today right now.

[@shawntilton9170]

Everyone keeps saying that there's no more gold to find, or that it takes millions to get even a pound of gold. I prospected and mined for years, finding a lot of gold. Up until I broke my back. I can go to the Smith River, and easily find gold, because I know what to look for in a river, that tells me that a certain spot would have gold. And even at the Klamath River's ocean head, deposits fine gold every year, after heavy rain and floods. You can easily find it by pulling out a shrub that acts like a sive. There's still so much gold to be found, but the state and government regulations, prevent a person from flooding the economy with new gold, platinum and gems. They have all but shut down dredging, which actually cleans out the lead and mercury, left by a couple hundred years of mining, by those who didn't understand the devastation that those metals cause. It has become a crime to possess mercury while panning, or mining private claims. There's still so much gold to be found, and mined.

[@kyrosdartanian3041]

Tell me where to look. I will dig. We split the gold 50/50. I'm not far from the smith River or Klamath. I'm dead serious. I'll buy a gold pan tomorrow.

[@shawntilton9170]

@@kyrosdartanian3041 There are multiple places. I'll explain when I get back from my doctor appointment.

[@shawntilton9170]

@@kyrosdartanian3041 On 199 north, right after you pass Grassy Flat campground, you pass over a bridge, and there's an immediate right, that takes you down to another campground below the bridge. There is a spot to walk to a tiny beach, next to the river. You will notice there is left over bridge parts in the water next to the beach. First dig around it on the down river side, as it acts like a baffle, catching gold. And if you follow along the river from the beach spot, you'll come into a bank of cobblestones embedded in hard pack soil. Digging out that hardpack, and panning it will also give you flakes, and if you're lucky, a picker. Finding spots up the river, that has hard pack soil, with cobblestones, is guaranteed to give you gold, as it has always shown me gold. You need to test any tributaries, that dump into the Smith, as I still haven't found where it's coming from.

[@shawntilton9170]

@@kyrosdartanian3041 Also, there are many claims on the Klamath. I worked for The New 49ers mining company in Happy Camp. And I never dug in a place where I didn't find some gold.

[@kyrosdartanian3041]

​@@shawntilton9170my replies keep getting deleted do you have Facebook?

[@Dr.Engr005]

33:27 / 49:33: I can feel the terribleness of going deep inside. Salute to the video maker. The workers are very brave and hardworking working-class Pashtuns. U can feel their hardship and what it is like to be there. The sad part is the USA, and the Soviets were bombarding the homes of these poor people for 40 years.

[@CodyGudmundsen]

Seeing him sift through that drain sludge bare-handed made me cringe. I worked in an animal hospital for years and had to clean out some pretty gnarly drains that would accumulate some pretty similar looking sludge.

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

You need the full body suit if youre going hands on with that nightmare

[@screaminpman]

Habib from Afghanistan seems like such a good guy. I wish him and his family the best in his new home near the mine.

[@RogersimongoRoger]

Agree, he always remember God,

[@pootz8082]

Imagine being the laborer that foundthe star of Adam getting paid 3$ a day and then giving it to the mine owners who get even richer , if I was the one who found it I woulda kept it and then sold it myself for a million that woulda been life changing even for us 1st world folk

[@corvusduluth]

The "oligarchs"of the gem industry would have found out and slaughtered the entire family, the father last. That is a 'cut throat' industry.

[@chunglow7646]

@@corvusduluth Eggzackly so

[@YSF_B28]

what about the people getting payed literally nothing, forced to work in african mines so they can make electric car batteries

[@zackzittel7683]

@@YSF_B28 that’s why I drive a 1 Ton Turbo Diesel truck. 🎶 “No Blood For Batteries” 🎵

[@msdarby515]

And you would be a thief. These people are hired to do the job they do. This is the same as hiring people to go into the field that you have planted to harvest it. They can't go into your pumpkin field, pick the pumpkin, and sell it themselves.

[@dahlonegaprospector7012]

I am a miner and prospector in my spare time and it can be gruelling work but after seeing this it makes me appreciate how easy my work is compared to the struggle these people have to go through just to earn a living

[@HERETOHELPPEOPLE729]

That's incredible I'm fascinated by mining for precious materials Can I ask you what you mine for and is it as difficult as it seems?

[@corashae2185]

Hello. I'm an illegal miner in Western North Carolina. I mine emeralds and aquamarine. I work abandoned mica mines and landslides that expose decomposed calico granite with smoke quartz and koalite clay veins.

[@BushidoNinja]

​@@corashae2185lol

[@kxmalahov]

@@corashae2185 minecraft???

[@Woodburnworks]

@@corashae2185 really? where at? i live in nc too, you up in the mountains ?

[@skyelee9398]

My respect to all this hardworking people. ❤

[@CRIMSONKINGRAGE]

Respect dose not pay the bills or for food. So respect is bollox

[@Judas1911WR1]

@@CRIMSONKINGRAGE bro you sound bitter as fck! what do you want him to do? pay all thier bills? he just said "my respect to..."

[@MR-ub6sq]

It seems that the vanity of wealthier western people - the fact that they need different gems for their jewelry - and the greed of the owners of these mines, which allows them to get rich and lead a good life - it is not right, because they themselves do not go mining for their useless status symbols in dangerous mines. They only proudly wear these status symbols because poor people are constantly risking their health as victims of this business without getting proper compensation. No one would need a single gem to be a good person! The prevailing world situation is well summarized in the world's best and most reliable prophecy book - the Bible: "We know that we are of God, and the whole world lies in evil." (1 John 5:19)

[@CRIMSONKINGRAGE]

It’s so wrong they do all the hard back braking work and get nothing it’s the same for me. But these guys do need to be respected more and paid more. And I love them for all they do is hard work and they still do it. And the people who make money off their backs are no better than capitalism pigs!

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

​@@burdinefoxgod is everything respect is nothing

[@markiobook8639]

Without jewellery industry what would these people do? The problem is middlemen not paying market rates, and the issue of the workers having to borrow at high rates to informal lenders (Muhammed Yunus discussed this at length prior his microfinance Grameen bank). But these people have been digging jewels for nobility for thousands to at least the Ice Age. Life has never been easy for most.

[@alleghenyadventures8561]

If the middlemen paid market rates what would they make?

[@numbernine3436]

There needs to be a decent infrastructure in these places. Alot of money is being made very few are profiting. Not to mention the risk & health factors. This shouldn't be happening in 2023

[@CRIMSONKINGRAGE]

They should not have to borrow in high rates if the work is already done. It’s called taking the piss”. Robing off your own people, well so much for Allah and being of muslim faith. Humans no matter where you are or what faith you are doing it’s all a scam.

[@markiobook8639]

@@CRIMSONKINGRAGE hey aholes will be aholes, all humans have rectums, some choose to behave like one. I'm in agreement- also the Catholic church used to be entirely opposed to usuary.

[@markiobook8639]

@@alleghenyadventures8561 no idea. I think the commentator said they barely make $3 a week- so they're getting paid pennies for the stones they collect. Even if most aren't gem quality- they should be paid a fairprice.

[@imari2305]

This is so very sad to watch. These people risk their lives for such little pay. It's a damn shame these mine owners don't pay them enough. Prayers and respect to all of these people who bring these precious and beautiful stones to the world.

[@tombolo4120]

How about those guys who remove asbestos or rat droppings? Or those who have no dangerous job at all and are starving to death?

[@tornadosirenwednesday]

They should be paid fairly too.

[@markiobook8639]

@@tombolo4120 well if we're talking about the West and asbestos and pest cleanup- the renumeration is good and the PPE is good. It's just a very unpleasant job- but a niche that the market is prepared to pay above market rates to account for their risk and the lack of labour willing to undertake said tasks. My brother is a mining engineer- one of the first jobs he did was with a firm that was decommissioning old coal power plants and they had to remove mercury, arsenic (in the flues from coal burning), and asbestos cladding for the boilers etc. The firm was meant to monitor hundreds of well bores and ground water for the large open pit mines to ensure levels were steady- but they put in a tender for decommissioning work worth several million and they got it. As for those starving to death, it's an unjustifiable horror and utterly inexcusable. We have so much food. We produce ore than we consume. The EU routinely dumps over supply literally into the sea. Food wastage in Western countries is huge. Even when people try and collect scraps from restaurants, get rid of excess food that will otherwise spoil etc- often idiotic local government comes in and prevents them- huge problem in NY.

[@abec8929]

Sadly it’s all about greed

[@MORGAN2FARMS]

Who cares my goodness. Everyone is a wuss nowadays

[@seandobson499]

It's very heart-wrenching watching these videos as it really brings home what a very inequable world this is, if I could have just one wish it would be that the world is a more equable world where nobody goes hungry or has to do such awful work.

[@Philip_Taylor]

These developing nations tend to have many many children, and it's a huge driver for poverty. If each couple just had 1-3 kids they would be more able to prosper. I was in Kenya last month and it was apparent there. There's just so many young people everywhere at all times, but not enough resources/jobs to raise them up. People who want nothing more than what they really require to live, and it makes you realise that they still have God, family, community, traditions -- all the things that don't revolve around money. In those ways, they are rich and we are poor.

[@joshlasky8138]

​@@Philip_TaylorGod doesn't do anything to people other than false hope. Here and now is the only plan of existence you will get. Right now it's 2023 and we still have this type of poverty in the world....even the poorest people In the USA have it better than this

[@JeDxDeVu]

That’s why I prefer Bitcoin miners. 😅

[@fierylightning3422]

@@joshlasky8138 you say God is false hope but you don't live in these conditions. you live in a nice western world with technology, luxuries and devices all at the whim of your finger. you try doing farm labour for 10 hours a day and then tell me if there's no God.

[@whoisdis8201]

Like the full money is going to people who are not touching a grain of soil and here workers are risking their lives for a daily wage. Truly sad.

[@lindajolly935]

This is Amazing how people risk their lives to get Gems, silver,gold to feed their Families! I wish that I had a Scientific solution to this problem. I pray that someone will find a way for us to recycle materials and make easy and safe for the miners to go into the minds to extract Gemstones. We as human being must find a solution to these problems. We must! I pray🙏🏽

[@theobserver9131]

We could refuse to purchase products made from minerals obtained this way. We would just have to give up our greed and vanity. Destroy the industry via boycott. Prayer won't do a damn thing to help. That's just weaseling out. I wonder how many praying hands have diamonds and gold on their hypocritical fingers. How many churches with hoards of precious minerals....

[@halogeek6]

go back to your den linda. or no more venti pumpkin spiced lattes for you.

[@MAGA_Extreamist]

It would be nice if there was a better way to make a living other than having to go mining period

[@shoover2889]

Electronic companies should be required to design products with an optimal lifespan as well. Stuff gets thrown away because it’s all junk compared to the older days. Also maybe design more stuff to be upgradeable, and don’t release a halfway new product every 12 months. I guess that would also lay at the consumer’s feet to be content with what they have. But I don’t see that happening.

[@halogeek6]

lol we had the chance to stop planned obsolensence. people wanted pretty phone and it didnt ,matter to them the battery couldnt be replaced. and now nothing lasts more then a year. there are a million and one things i could pooint to that led to all this waste. but you like 99.99% of the people will ignore me in favcour of the latest apple or samsung product. who cares if its the same phone as last year. its pretty and you need an excuse to take out a 2000 dollar loan.

[@2ndhendrix631]

I'm almost 30 and I've had a total of 4 Smartphones since I was 16. I wore them out to breaking point. I think this is how it's supposed to be, but people need to buy the newest iphone etc. every year. The result is more suffering in the 3rd world.

[@petrafried196]

What a very entertaining and educational movie this was. i feel badly about those poor people's health and shortened life span. God bless them all.

[@vice.nor.virtue]

I wouldn't use the word "entertaining" to describe staring at poverty and the deadly jobs it forces people into. I can't imagine working a job where it's normal to breathe in glass 10 hours a day. The video was definitely educational though. Yikes.

[@s.p.q.roctavianvsavgvstvs900]

These people are admirable. They work extremely hard work under inhumane conditions, risking their lives and health every day for very little money. God Bless Them. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@mattdemo6387]

🔥11:09 this is one of the greatest classic skills that people learned on their own sitting near a campfire from artistic gems to samurai swords👏🏽😎🔥

[@kandiwolfe1125]

Geez Louise! And some people here in America think they have , got it soooo bad! It boils down to a few groups of people wanting to have 9 9.9% of the worlds' wealth at the expense of peoples lives, health, as well as to every aspect of our physical world!! Its' ALL ABOUT MONEY. AND POWER! This makes me beyond sad and VERY ANGRY! Peace to All...💜💙💜

[@bennij.4038]

My family have a jewelmine on Sri Lanka and I can say that we treat our workers defintly better. We pay theyr food build them a house and farmers build rice on the unused property

[@user-qp7rf4gf1e]

Lmao well that was nice of you

[@tali2637]

So you made the slaves make a village?

[@Desertfox18]

@@tali2637 They're not slaves, they're just underpaid labourers. _Just because they're underpaid doesn't mean they are slaves._ Slavery is illegal in Sri Lanka and law will be strictly enforced against anyone who will not follow. The difference between slaves and labourers are, • *Labourers* : They are paid with money, in this case with rupees(LKR). Labourers don't have masters, they have employers or bosses. Labourers can complain to police or go to the court against the employers if they feel employers are breaching their fundamental rights. Labourers are can walk freely and can resign if they want. • *Slaves* : They are not paid, instead they work for food and clothes only, they have to eat what the masters serve and have to wear what masters give. Slaves are considered private property, they can't travel or resign without the permission of masters. Masters can even murder or rape slaves.

[@bennij.4038]

@@tali2637 I wouldt call them slave because we pay them way better and also pay for their livingcosts

[@margodphd]

​@@tali2637These people take pride in their work, however backbreaking, I doubt they want our sympathy. Human greed is forever, we unfortunately need laws to curb it..

[@bubacheese1]

Each tragedy deserves its own video. Blending them together makes it feel less important when every single one of these tragedies needs to end!!!!!!!

[@MAGA_Extreamist]

But since it's all in one video I know everything that's going on

[@Rebrn-bk5em]

This goes to show how good most of us have it. Even the poorest of Americans can make more than 8 bucks for a days work

[@vivianlee7684]

This is true, but poverty translates different within various societies.

[@whalehands4779]

My brother makes a living off of taking gold and whatever else off of electronics. People in the U.S. have no idea how easy they have it. Safe in their own little bubble. And hell yeah for Habib and his new home.

[@HERETOHELPPEOPLE729]

You think every in the USA has a easy life and doesn't struggle to make money.?

[@whalehands4779]

@@HERETOHELPPEOPLE729 you know what I meant

[@roofking234]

WE , here in the United States of America, KNOW DAMN WELL HOW GOOD WE HAVE IT HERE, BECAUSEEEEE---- WE CREATED IT OVER THE PAST 250+ YEARS, AND EVOLVED ECONOMICALLY BECAUSE WE USED OUR BRAINS, BUT JUST OUR LABOR AND TIME.. PROSPERITY IS EARNED

[@cody7812]

If watching poor people, mine some of the most expensive gems in the world with no safety doesn't say something then you're not listening. Just wild...

[@justdoinit2378]

This makes me not want to wear real jewelry and jewels. This is terrible!! The trouble these ppl go thru for pennies in order for us to wear gold n gems? Absolutely terrible!!! I think I’m gonna quit wearing jewelry. Or at least never buy anymore from this day forward.

[@quemalcy]

If you never knew about this you must live under a rock..

[@ChargerrentalCoandammo]

Harsh. Don't think it won't get as harsh for all of us at some point. 40ft isn't that deep, look at that gold mine in South Africa.

[@RogersimongoRoger]

I salute this guy working in streets, rather than sitting there and big for food,

[@glenvillanueva6950]

Oprah: "Being a mother is the hardest job on Earth"... Pakistan miner: "Hold my rupees."

[@XxgoodbudsxX]

Anyone who says being a mom is the hardest job in the world has never worked a day in their life

[@TheAnnoyingBoss]

​@@XxgoodbudsxX the hardest job they know is raising children they simply never laid brick in the summer sun

[@georgezaharoff]

This is awful. Yes on one hand these individuals are paying their bills and supporting their families. But on the other, their lifespans are shortened for what? To wear a piece of jewelry? Huge respect to these men, they are the ones in the S#!+hole to keep the 100,000 people reliant on this industry.

[@nickh2053]

One person's spending is another person's income. You're increasing GDP as you follow the trail of buying/selling metals and gems. A better, more productive economy helps everyone. A simpleton would point to the end result of middle class or rich people wearing jewelry. But in totality, there's dozens of people in the pipeline who all benefit from the trade and contribute to the broader economy.

[@tangojuli209]

Every country has always made their way by resource extraction until a comprehensive education system allows them to produce manufactured goods and knowledge based services. The t-ban primitives were keen to return Afghanistan back to the Stone Age where alll the modernization efforts are replaced by tribal infighting. Its Stone Age w western guns.

[@somniumisdreaming]

Yeah they could trickle down a bit more, this is shameful.

[@4n4Queen]

What do you mean for them to wear the jewelry ? They barely got enough for food.

[@georgezaharoff]

@@4n4Queen “them” are the end consumer

[@Teresa-ih4sn]

Kudos to the computer and phone recyclers! Wish many more would do this!

[@ChargerrentalCoandammo]

300 million gem. Bet the person who found it got about £10

[@r0ckymarie]

They probably were never informed of its actual value.

[@CollectorChronicles]

Very well done documentary. It’s inspiring to see how hard these people work and realize what a lot of us take for granted.

[@adsromek]

I can’t imagine there’s that high of a demand for bangles. Glass ones…no one wears them in my area anyways

[@101stAviator_doorgunner]

That guy blowing in the tube for several hrs must be high as a kite from the lack of oxygen. I get dizzy blowing up a balloon wth lol

[@LukeAps]

That was fascinating from start to end.

[@timmmychanga]

This was interesting to watch Thank you

[@lynnvlogs978]

It's hurt to see this, many people suffer for a little amount of money just to make end meets😔

[@carlislepanting5219]

Watching from Belize central america I'm from and thanks for the upload VICE news!! I have huge respect for miners and prospectors because it's a dangerous job!! Belize don't have miners yet searching for precious gems and gold because our country have a lot of protected forests for example the maya mountains corridors in Belize i believe have gold to be discovered!!✌🏽🙏🌎🇧🇿

[@chefscorner7063]

I know that there would probably be a great economic surge for some people of the region that would be welcomed by many. Having said that, I pray they never do start mining after seeing beautiful and sustainably productive lands and waterways poisoned and destroyed forever by the current mining practices.

[@element5092]

Very interesting piece, thank you for posting.

[@robbief5517]

Having 12 kids must not help

[@brycecolwell4304]

whenever i watch this stuff i stop feeling sorry for myself and thank god i was born in the US. weve got it so good. too bad it wont stay that way.

[@julianp2868]

Fantastic insight to these People, may God honor them in future

[@ExecuteALLdemoratsANDrinos]

Agreed

[@pissoff247]

Hail Satan

[@mainhalo117]

@@pissoff247ooooh, we got an edgy Reddit basement dwelling atheist, how original

[@Truth_hurts459]

18:18 why he push him like that lmao

[@mostafamoghaddam8012]

Great show beautiful job

[@scriming]

very nice doc, thank you!

[@aminadabbello7782]

I like how people that buy these gems try and belittle the work these men have to do. How every these are the same people that keep buying these gems.

[@HexaBoxabl]

Having a job doesn't mean security rather having different investments is the real deal

[@lukeben1596]

Investing in alternate income streams should be the top priority for everyone right now especially given the global economic crisis we are currently experiencing, Stocks, gold, silver, and virtual currencies are still attractive investments at the moment.

[@christopherhobb7702]

Be a goal achiever Always aim high so your dreams can come to reality Use your job to finance your goals✅ You can't be an employee forever! Consistent efforts in trading/investment will put you in a position where success will find you

[@antoniolabrasca9069]

Starting early is the best way to getting ahead of build wealth, investing remains the priority

[@lasvegasluca9509]

I advice everyone to start investing and never rely on just salary. No billionaire made it through salary

[@mbalimaka6393]

I'm looking for something to venture into on a short term basis, I have about $6k sitting in my savings

[@Blalack77]

Man.. I don't envy their work but I'd like to be able to find gemstones and other valuable stuff where I live - I've pretty much dreamed of that my entire life. And I know things are different around the world - with different lifestyles, qualities of life, costs of living, etc. but when I hear of someone making like $9 a day or $140 a month, I can't help but think of trivial things I've spent those amounts on... Like $9? That's roughly the cost of a few energy drinks for work (12 hour shift in a sawmill though) or $140 - that's like a big bag of dog food, maybe some milk and cereal, a few random snacks and drinks, deodorant and maybe some toilet paper or something... But then you hear of these guys making that amount and being able to support a wife, 10-15+ kids, maybe parents and siblings, extended family, etc. - and that's like buying food, keeping everyone clothed, getting all the other essential necessities, putting kids through school and so on. Like where the one girl makes what amounts to $1 a day and they asked her what she would spend it on and she said she'd save some and give the rest to her dad - it's just wild - I know $1 translates to several rupees, but still, doesn't seem like you could split it many ways..

[@halogeek6]

the reality is that energy drink is alot cheaper where they live. things are often over priced in first world countrys. that 140 worth in grocerys is rent and electricity in most parts of the world. its not that americans are rich. its that our currency is over valued.

[@paveljakl-cn1oy]

Good video bro..👌

[@misanthropicphilanthropy]

150 grams of Gold is worth $9,227.00 today, so... How much does it cost to process the E-waste to make those 150 g of gold?? Is it economical yet?? E-waste is a HUGE "SOCIAL" AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEM!! "Social", cuz we ALL do it!! 😮 Economic problem too 😮

[@helenarusso]

Hi how are you doing 😊

[@whiptoclaw]

​@@helenarussoscammer

[@ronaldbenavidez1184]

Thanks For the content my friend spot on information It's very good to be well informed when selling gold silver or platinum nowadays And thanks for the information

[@NickMukhin]

Very instructive for those people who hate their job in an office for thousands of dollars a month.

[@donnaforte5379]

This is really sad, these men risk their lives daily only to make so little! The buyer's make most of the money? It's not fair..🙏♥️♥️♥️🙏

[@DrIT-qv1ek]

Very informative! Excellent in all respects. Shows how hard life can be for the poor and how the middleman makes the bulk of the profit. Thanks you for this video.

[@deathclawdaddy]

I love that they are using the microbes for the collecting procsess. Just as he said "given enough time and pressure microbes can thrive anywhere" Just like the microbes that are eating plastic in the ocean. The earth has its own ways of evolving to deal with problems. even long after we are gone it will continue to do so.

[@LeeNhatt-se4sg]

My respect to all this hardworking people.

[@1nePercentJuice]

Excellent doc. Man st the beginning was literally sifting through waste. I have no room to complain

[@cobydbrock]

Great video

[@aeilahpi1207]

I feel like, instead of making a documentary, make a fundraiser to improve these ppl's lives, like the bangle makers, Make them some masks, tehres tonnes in the world now! give them some goggles. theres alot of small things you could do to help them instead of profitting of them as well.

[@AYates4321]

Amazing episode

[@kewsiyehboah9514]

Insider 👏.. Has A Son of Afrika.. Wishing All Workers Greater Rewards For Work Undertaken.. Ubarikiwe..

[@HERETOHELPPEOPLE729]

Fascinating insight into something i didn't even know existed those pearl's whao that takes dedication.

[@ChrisOchieng]

Keeping the oysters captive, curting them open alive to put the seed in them which is basically an irritant and so many of them dying is just .... 😢

[@SECRETORDEROFTHEKNIGHTSTEMPLAR]

I watched this about 5 years ago but I'll watch it again because I'm bored and can't sleep its 2:50AM

[@ShsneFarnsweoryh]

Luv this ❤

[@scottlincoln9900]

Gotta love profiting off another man's labor and giving him nothing whilst you live in wealth. It's the key reason we have all the problems in the world that we do. Most criminals wouldn't be criminals if criminals didn't steal all the money these people make for them. So to everyone who says "Why does a retail or fast food worker deserve a living wage." I say we make up 98% of your working economy...without us, you have nothing, no workers to run registers or stock shelves...PAY UP!!!!!

[@legendfpv]

Dont try to make it about you

[@thenailarchitect0808]

This pisses me off the way they get treated . If they only knew without THEM we have NOTHING. I WISH THEY GOT TREATED BETTER.

[@robertemberton8190]

Enjoyed this broadcast very much, thank you for sharing this with everyone.

[@Barajee_Tribe]

Hi

[@tanner882]

Talked about gold for 2 minutes🔥

[@amazon4716]

Getting harder to mine... I see why we are going to Mars.

[@BasitKhan-jr5rx]

*Beautiful documentary , full of knowledge*

[@phenolicresinoid]

only jimmy would know the viscosity of money in a giant cube :)

[@henrysantos121]

*Great documentary*

[@alexgreen3662]

My job is like a hobby for me now that I see how hard their job is.. ❤ respect to you guys

[@cali.ana.stitchery]

This makes me so glad that I specifically asked for a lab grown stone for my engagement ring. No stone or gem is worth the risk and toll it takes on these poor people. It’s really disheartening and sad.

[@gussampson5029]

Sad you'd prefer they starve to death from having no work? lol

[@xPRODIGYxGAMER]

​@@gussampson5029 I'm thinking they were just too broke to get a real stone. That's fine, but trying to twist it into an ethical decision is hilarious

[@user-ol7tl1vf5m]

Fascinating The Philosopher's Stone. In 1980, gold was successfully made by a team of scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California. Nuclear chemists Glenn T. Seaborg, David J. Morrissey and Walter D. Loveland used a high energy nuclear particle accelerator known as the Bevalac which transformed the metal bismuth into gold. The process is known as "Chrysopoeia".

[@HardRockMiner]

Miners have been risking their lives for hundreds of years for precious metals and gems. I'm one of them.

[@margaretr5701]

I sincerely hope you have better working conditions than shown in the video.

[@HardRockMiner]

@margaretr5701 - It depends where I'm working. There are mines in Africa where safe working conditions are left up to the guy who's working in there. I've seem some truly horrifying places where I just said "Nope. Not going in there."

[@CLark-yk7oz]

Sir, you are well respected and admired 👏🙏✌️

[@Barajee_Tribe]

Hi

[@Jreaddy]

That’s a “stream” ??? Lmfao Looks like standing water to me.

[@adamdiek]

Dude : my car won't start Car : 12:17

[@sakoal7303]

Watching this its really made me super grateful of what i have even its not much but 100 times easier than what they are doing all this hard work so they can barley but food on the table really sad and heartbreaking

[@DarkKitarist]

"If you get burned, you get ointment...", that's brutal...

[@SarahAnnUlloa-vo1iq]

It's very sad to see how hard these people have to work to feed their families. I wish there was a better ways. May God help them and improve their lives.

[@nills2gills811]

Really good

[@steffenbryde7957]

Workes chew on this all day long, - for "energy" 🤣

[@Mic_Glow]

"factory gives you everything, if you get burned you get ointment" XD

[@ayeshaPH]

I wish this was in the Philippines. This is great.

[@-BigIi-]

Why do you wish this, please explain. I quite like the Filipino people and the Phils.

[@ayeshaPH]

@@-BigIi- Why would you ask such a silly question? There are better ways to make money. That was my point!

[@jennifermoore2114]

Nice...

[@thehangmansdaughter1120]

Yeah, I'm now looking at my very modest jewelry collection in a new light.

[@vinsblack2]

this video make me more humble as see alot of people has trouble for their livelihood

[@Alpha-Mike-Foxtrot]

Fascinating

[@khalilrehman6466]

Multinational corporations make trillions of dollars on the shoulder of poor, such an Injustice in this world

[@phonotical]

Sewer gold, imagine that becoming your filling 🤣🤢

[@Truth2power5848]

I don’t understand how this documentary managed to avoid the mining in. the whole of Africa, and mention no Coltan the key to how this video is able to be watched ??

[@livdirrengesuasmatsuoka9843]

Very brave people.

[@alisalehi8114]

It was amazing. Thank you for sharing.

[@knowyourrights9793]

8:00 It's absolutely Sickening that the Workers that do The Most Dangerous Work, The Most Backbreaking Work, The Hardest Work, The Work that Actually Produces These Gems, *ARE THE LOWEST PAID WORKERS!!!!!* It's the SAME DAMN STORY with Most industries, whether it's Coffee Famers, Vanilla Farmers, Cinnamon Farmers, Gem Miners, Gold Miners!!!! Yet the Fat LAZY scrum eaters who sell or trade these Items are Paid 100s of times More than the *WORKERS WHO ARE DYING & DESTROYING THEIR BODIES* to collect these items!!!!!!

[@barkburton1]

To put the big operation into perspective they are pulling in around $10,000.00 a week. I would say it’s definitely profitable for them

[@thedomesticoperator]

@12:50, OOT Ice temple song.

[@Joze1090]

19:00 i used to dissasemble electronics and remove the precious metals. Not on this kind of scale though!