Late night #wheeliewednesday action from last weeks @motul_south_africa Shoot!! #minedump#wheelie#dirtbike @yamahasouthafrica @mercedesbenzeastrand @redbullza @alpinestars.sa
Very old mine dump in Booysens Joburg. This pit is from the informal/illegal miners we call Zama Zamas that operate all over the gold fields of the Witwatersrand. A deadly occupation these men fight vicious territorial wars and face a highly toxic and dangerous working environment. We run into them on occasion and so far have had no trouble with them. #minedump#tailingsdam#mining#enviromentaldisaster#goldmining
I have always loved birds. I’m not a binoculars and book kind of guy but their busy happiness always lifts my spirits. Photographing birds is another story. It is very difficult and I lack the equipment, patience and skills to be a good bird photographer. I photographed this bird as an antidote to endless oversaturated crappy boring head in the sand sunsets I see if Joburg. This is also Joburg I’m afraid. It is what we have done to our environment for over 100 years as we ripped gold from the ground. Shot on one of the remnants of a very old mine dump. Toxic and ugly. #downtown#birds#socialdocumentary#environment#mining#goldmine#minedump
Der "Berg" im Hintergrund ist die Halde Hoheward. Ich bin auf der anderen Seite aufgewachsen. Danals war es einfach ein großer, schwarzer Berg. Heute begrünt und ein Naherholungsgebiet #ruhrgebiet#woandersisauchscheisse#minedump
Johannesburg was build on the discovery of gold in 1886. These unattractive gold mine dumps were left over from mining and were a common site around the city. Originally they were only able to mine pieces of gold and so gold particles were left behind in these big dumps. In recent years, DRD Gold developed a process to remove these gold particles. In an online article from 2014, I just read they pulled 33,600 ounces of gold out of a dump like this in just three months, worth over $40M. 😳 (November 25, 1983) #goldparticles#goldminedump#goldminetailing#minedump#johannesburg1983#journeyacrossafrica#canadiantraveller#adventurespirit#africa#southafrica#johannesburg
