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Gold-bearing terraces of the Duerna

Destriana, La Bañeza, León

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Gold-bearing terraces of the Duerna

Nature · Destriana, La Bañeza, León

Image of Destriana, not of the place itself.

The bed of the Duerna is turned over for kilometres by the search for gold in its alluvial deposits; according to calculations of the average richness per cubic metre, at least fifteen hundred kilos of the metal were extracted.

Photo: David Santaolalla from León, spain (CC BY 2.0)

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