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Having
visited Port Moresby I quickly learnt that it was a rough and
dangerous place . I made a few enquires regarding obtaining gold
. they more i learnt the more I realised that while I like to
travel to rough and dangerous places ,Mt Kare was very unsafe.
Unless I was prepared to carry a gun and have bodyguards, it was
not a place for me to go . Hence these photos were taken by an
associated who managed to have regular access to the area as a
Medic . While the deposit is very rich there is a lot of tribal
fighting and disputes over the mine area . One incident can be
seen below in the photos ,I have not shown the worst photos of
the dead mutilated bodies.
Much
of the gold from the area is crystalline , superb specimens displaying
wires and leaves and flatten crystals can be found . The largest
and beat specimens were found in the 1980's , most specimens now
are less than 30 gms ,
All
Western mining companies have left the area as it is considered
enviable due to the dangers impose on mining crews from the locals
. Yet a rich source of gold lies just beneath the soils of Mt
Kare with the potential to produce wonderful specimens .
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