Jade mining

Remarkable remote in northern Myanmar is the jade mining town Hpakant situated.

The headlines below was found on Google about former conditions in Hpakant;

"Myanmar's most guarded mining site"

 

"Among miners, a near-100 per cent HIV infection rate pertained. "

                                                "wages were part-paid in heroin and the rest spent on prostitutes"

                                                           " Hpakant's floating, dying population was around a million"

                                                                                "The UN and WHO have now declared the pits a disaster zone,

                                                                                but the military regime still refuses to let any international aid in"

	The excavators is moving the mountains with...	help of the trucks!
A new mountain under construction!		The jade "prospecters", they hack on the stones, and hear if its jade.
Mr. Gustafsson		Downtown Hpakant!
Downtown Hpakant II.	Downtown Hpakant III.
Checking the wastematerial.