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Expanding the colonization of the Brazilian Amazon through gold mining
Gold mining has played a significant role in the colonization of the Mato Grosso region of Brazil, starting with the bandeirantes in the 18th century and reignited by the garimpeiros in the 1970s. The gold rush continued in the placer mining camps called …