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This new mineral wealth comes with a price. Environmental activists say mining has caused 850 rivers and more than 1,000 lakes to go dry. Here ninja miners attempt to shelter from the dust storm kicked up by high winds and the exposed dirt from their gold mining operations.
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MONGOLIA : NINJA MINERS
This new mineral wealth comes with a price. Environmental activists say mining has caused 850 rivers and more than 1,000 lakes to go dry. Here ninja miners attempt to shelter from the dust storm kicked up by high winds and the exposed dirt from their gold mining operations.