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Mina do Chico Rei

A Visit to Ouro Prêto, Brazil

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Mina do Chico ReiPeter and Jackie Main
Mina do Chico Rei
This narrow tunnel is typical of the tunnels and passageways of the mines in the Ouro Prêto area. Visible in the old mine tunnels in the area are exposed veins of quartz, graphite, and black tourmaline.

This is the Mina do Chico Rei, or the Little King's mine, from which gold made him wealthy enough to overcome and rise above his slave status to become a role model for other slaves and for yourng Brazilians to this day.

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