Mark K
Cave Dweller
Member since April 2012
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Post by Mark K on Feb 24, 2024 9:34:15 GMT -5
Brazil did it years ago, and their standard of living is much higher than the rest of S America. When did this happen? My understanding was that China bought up a good portion of the mineral resources in Brazil. This includes the lion's share of the brazil agate mines.
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Post by realrockhound on Feb 24, 2024 16:23:46 GMT -5
There are plenty of domestic miners who don't employ children or anything like that, just saw Larry Ridler at Quartzsite, he's about 80 and now needs a step stool to get up onto his escavator, but he does it and puts in a full day finding Willow Creek for us. Is that elder self abuse!?! My dealer friend who imports materials from Madagascar set up a small factory in a town there, a couple families there make the finished pieces he sells, and they have a good life. He has had the ear of leaders there and is trying to convince them that shutting off the flow to china, and processing resources there, will make everyone, including those leaders, much better off. Brazil did it years ago, and their standard of living is much higher than the rest of S America. I know old man Ridley. Own the super market up in McCall. Jake jacobitz was the one who helped him start extensively mining the willow creek material.went in ther with dynamite and blasted things sky high. Larry’s wife was up in arms thinking Jake destroyed all the jasper until the dust settled. Then when they went down, they yielded more jasper than they had in previous endeavors 😂
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Post by Rockoonz on Feb 25, 2024 1:19:07 GMT -5
Brazil did it years ago, and their standard of living is much higher than the rest of S America. When did this happen? My understanding was that China bought up a good portion of the mineral resources in Brazil. This includes the lion's share of the brazil agate mines. I don't know 80's at least. Law was they only exported "finished" items, but they may have changed that.
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