El Dorado

Leus · 12-13-2002, 07:26 PM

Surely most of you knows/have heard of the legend of El Dorado. It was a man (The Gilded Man) that covered himself in gold in order to keep their family safe, who where maintained captives in the bottom of some lake by some fantastic monster. Or something like that.

The fact is that lots and lots of people traveled through South America in search of Manoa del Dorado, a mythical wealthy city, and his golden king. Even some wacky hollywood types located El Dorado in North America.

A few days ago, a couple of guys revealed that they have found El Dorado. El Prospecto Vulcano is a gigantic gold deposit located in my little and beautiful country, Chile. For those of you who can read spanish, there is a link.

Some numbers. The biggest gold mine right now is located in Indonesia, and have about 87 million ounces in its reserves. This newly found mine may have (get this) 33 billion ounces of gold, and should be able to be exploited for about four hundred years.

The cool part? These guys want to share part of their fortune with the poor people of my country, and they are going to create a foundation in order to accomplish this. Ya veremos.

(spelling/orthographic corrections welcome)

12-13-2002, 07:26 PM	#1
Leus Abecedarian Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chile Posts: 179	El Dorado Surely most of you knows/have heard of the legend of El Dorado. It was a man (The Gilded Man) that covered himself in gold in order to keep their family safe, who where maintained captives in the bottom of some lake by some fantastic monster. Or something like that. The fact is that lots and lots of people traveled through South America in search of Manoa del Dorado, a mythical wealthy city, and his golden king. Even some wacky hollywood types located El Dorado in North America. A few days ago, a couple of guys revealed that they have found El Dorado. El Prospecto Vulcano is a gigantic gold deposit located in my little and beautiful country, Chile. For those of you who can read spanish, there is a link. Some numbers. The biggest gold mine right now is located in Indonesia, and have about 87 million ounces in its reserves. This newly found mine may have (get this) 33 billion ounces of gold, and should be able to be exploited for about four hundred years. The cool part? These guys want to share part of their fortune with the poor people of my country, and they are going to create a foundation in order to accomplish this. Ya veremos. (spelling/orthographic corrections welcome)

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