TANZANIA: MERELANI IS A MINING TOWN FOR THE SEMI PRECIOUS GEM - TANZANITE

Record ID: 980748

  • Title: TANZANIA: MERELANI IS A MINING TOWN FOR THE SEMI PRECIOUS GEM - TANZANITE
  • Date: 11th May 1999
  • Summary: MERELANI, TANZANIA (RECENT) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS STREET SCENES MERELANI, TANZANIA 2. MAN EXAMINING TANZANITE ROCKS 3. CLOSE UP TANZANITE 4. VARIOUS WIDE VIEWS OF TANZANITE MINING AREAS 5. CLOSE UP OF TANZANITE GEMS IN A PERSON'S HAND 6. TANZANITE BEING WEIGHED 7. MAASAI BROKERS 8. SIGN OF MINING COMPANY 9. MAASAI BROKERS AND MINERS EXAMINING TANZANITE 10. TANZANITE PIECES BEING POURED FROM A BAG 11. MINERS AT WORK 12. CLOSE-UP OF MINER AT WORK 13. SAITORE SAFIEL, TANZANITE MINER TALKING 14. CLOSE UP OF DRINK IN SAFIEL'S HAND 15. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) SAITORE SAFIEL, TANZANITE MINER SAYING: "I was not fortunate enough to go past primary school, and because our area was rich in minerals I decided to go into mining. I wanted to make money from mining like my friends, who dressed well, drank beer, and had fun with women." 16. SAFIEL HAMMERING INTO ROCK 17. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) SAFIEL SAYING: "In no time I blew 28 million Tanzania shillings. I used it to gamble in a casino in Arusha. I lost eight million but that was no big deal. The rest of the money I spent on cars for myself and one for a friend, a reward to him for getting me a beautiful woman. The car I bought later crashed and we had no money to repair it, so we sold it to the fellows at the garage. Now, I'm back here digging." 18. SAFIEL AND OTHER MINERS 19. MINER, SAITORE SAFIEL 20. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MINERS 21. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) SAFIEL SAYING: "Yes, when I was young I admired people who squandered their riches and I did exactly that." 22. VARIOUS SHOTS OF MINERS AND MINING EQUIPMENT 23. MINERS GOING DOWN LADDER UNDERGROUND 24. MINERS HAMMERING INTO ROCK 25. MINERS CLIMBING UP LADDER 26. CHILDREN SIFTING ROCK FOR TANZANITE 27. MINER COOKING 28. CHILD SIFTING FOR TANZANITE 29. CLOSE UP OF ROCKS AND TANZANITE 30. (SOUNDBITE) (Swahili) SAFIEL SAYING: "I would like to advise these young miners who have not yet made a fortune to get education first to prevent the kind of mistakes I made." 31. WIDE VIEW OF MINING AREA 32. MINERS WORKING 33. WIDE VIEW OF MINING AREA 34. WORKERS MOVING SACKS OF ROCK AND DIRT 35. CLOSE UP OF MINER 36. MAN SIFTING THROUGH DIRT FOR TANZANITE 37. SAITORE SAFIEL, MINER CLIMBING UP LADDER Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: MERELANI, TANZANIA
  • Country: Tanzania
  • Reuters ID: LVA3WI4Q9Y5OURGWWGGK00DGIV6T
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