Mining in Brazil

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Brazil mining

[edit] Timeline

• Discovery of first gold rush in 1690's, gold discoveries made in streams not far from present day city of Belo Horizonte
• In 1729 diamonds were discovered in the same area. This started a diamond rush.
• By 1760 nearly half of the world's gold was from Brazil.
• In the early 1700's nearly 400,000 Portuguese immigrants came to mine in southern Brazil.
• Over half a million African slaves were shipped to work in the gold mines.
• In 1988 Brazil was the 5th largest gold producer in the world.
• Brazil mined iron, gold, tin, copper and Bauxite (contains aluminium).

[edit] See also

• Brazil Gold Rush