The Native Search For Gold In Cambodia: A typical native village where nearly all the population join in the constant search for gold, very little of which is, however, found. Everybody Searches For Gold in Cambodia: In the Indochinese state of Cambodia, in spite of the see-saw political situations that have riven the country since the war the native villagers have seldom lost test their taste for gold hunting. In the forest villages, such as Phnom Luong, nearly every man woman and child helps in the constant quest for the rich mineral. The people in the gold areas set out from shackle villages and stake a claim, and dig and dig and wash and wash. If they find a nugget or some gold dust, it is carefully handled and taken to a Chinese dealer who weighs it and pays up on the nail..
Photo measures 10 x 8 inches.
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